24-hour Curfew Imposed in Makkah, Madina

24-hour Curfew Imposed in Makkah, Madina

Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew on Thursday in Makkah and Madina, extending measures to combat coronavirus, while other Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations.


Saudi Arabia has recorded 1,885 infections and 21 deaths, the most in the six-member Gulf Coope­rat­ion Council. It has already hal­ted internatio­nal flights, suspended Umr­ah, closed most public places, and heavily restri­cted internal movement.

The eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, where the kingdom’s first coronavirus cases were reported among Shia pilgrims returning from Iran, has been on lockdown for nearly four weeks.

Entry and exit to Riyadh, Makkah, Madina and Jeddah is limited. Some neighbourhoods in Makkah and Madina were already under full lockdown, but in the rest of those cities the curfew was previously from 3pm to 6am.

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