Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has announced a nationwide dusk-to-dawn
curfew from Monday in a bid to limit the spread of the new coronavirus,
the latest in a series of restrictions.
The curfew –- from 7 pm until 6 am –- will be imposed for 21 days,
the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal order.
The move comes after Saudi Arabia on Sunday said the number of
COVID-19 cases had jumped to 511, the highest in the Gulf. The kingdom
has reported no deaths so far.
Health sector employees, as well as security and military officials,
will be exempt from the curfew restrictions, the royal order said.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman warned on Thursday of a “more difficult”
fight ahead against the virus, as the kingdom faces the double blow of
virus-led shutdowns and crashing oil prices.
The Arab world’s biggest economy has shut down cinemas, malls and
restaurants, halted flights and suspended the year-round umrah
pilgrimage as it steps up efforts to contain the deadly virus.
Last week, the kingdom unveiled stimulus measures amounting to 120
Saudi billion riyals ($32 billion) to support businesses and said it
plans to raise borrowing to 50 percent of GDP.
Saudi Arabia has also suspended prayers inside all its mosques except
the holiest two sites in Islam in Mecca and Medina, a sensitive move in
the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
The world’s top crude exporter faces plunging oil prices, the
mainstay of government revenue, which have slipped to around $25 a
barrel to touch multi-year lows on the back of sagging demand due to the
virus and a price war with Russia.
More than 1,300 coronavirus infections have been detected in the Gulf
region, with most cases initially identified among travellers returning
from Iran which is one of the world’s worst-affected countries.
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