From January 1, 2025, single-use plastic products, including items such as plastic stirrers, table covers, cups, styrofoam food containers, plastic straws, and plastic cotton swabs, will also be prohibited
Travellers who have taken one shot of the vaccine will need to undergo quarantine for three days
The decision to ban expatriates aged over 60 who do not hold a university degree from renewing their work permits has been revoked
The ban prohibits outdoor labour work between 12.30pm and 3pm
Only expats who received two doses of the vaccine in Saudi Arabia before they departed for their home country will be permitted to return
The carrier advised affected passengers to reschedule their tickets
The ban will be in place until September 15
The ban will also extend to “any other country that is yet to control the pandemic”
The number of visitors to commercial complexes and restaurants will be capped at 50 per cent of capacity
On May 3, Kuwait reported 1,246 new Covid-19 cases and 12 related deaths over the preceding 24 hours
The ban took effect in January this year
The ban was imposed by the country on February 7 as part of measures to curb the spike in the number of coronavirus cases
The sultanate also prohibited the entry of passengers who departed from or transited through the UK in the past 14 days
The import ban extends to the Netherlands, Germany, several regions in the UK and select areas in Russia
The sultanate has warned of strict action against violators
The ban prohibited outdoor labour work between 12.30pm and 3pm
Lawmakers are also calling for limiting the duration of residence for foreign workers in the country
Abu Dhabi has banned entry and exit from the emirate for one week starting Tuesday
The kingdom banned Julphar’s products in September 2018 for failing to meet regional standards
The kingdom has implemented a strict Saudisation policy in several sectors
Saudisation is now mandatory in several retail sectors in the kingdom
MPs in the country have repeatedly called on the government to rebalance’ the country’s population by removing expats
The country’s attorney general said the games were damaging to children’s health