Saudi Arabia is finally on its way to allow passengers from Bangladesh and 24 other countries to return to the Kingdom as it appears to have contained the spread of the novel coronavirus to a considerably safe extent.
Saudi Arabian Airlines announced seven conditions for the transport of passengers returning to the Kingdom onboard its flights once the Kingdom lifts travel restrictions. It also cited requirements for travel to these 25 countries, reports Saudi Gazette.
The airline called on passengers to follow health instructions based on the directives issued by the Saudi health authorities.
The national carrier called on people to click the Saudia link to know more about the travel requirements related to the following 25 countries: Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, China, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Turkey, Greece, Philippines, Malaysia, South Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and Indonesia.
The conditions for travellers to the Kingdom included filling up and signing a form committing to the health requirements. This form should be submitted to the airport health control centre upon arrival.
All passengers shall be subject to home self-quarantine for a period of seven days (three days for health practitioners with a negative sample at the end of the quarantine period). It urged all passengers to install two applications — Tatman and Tawakkalna on their mobiles and make their registrations.
The conditions also included adding the location of the home on Tatman App within eight hours after the arrival of the passenger; monitoring symptoms of coronavirus; calling 937 immediately in the event of noticing any of the symptoms or going to the health centre or emergency wing when it is found necessary, and getting access to Tatman to do health assessment on a daily basis.
The airline urged its passengers to follow precautionary measures during self-quarantine at home, as stated in the health conditions commitment pledge form.
