King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud is ordering the extension of Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus curfew until “further notice”, reports the state news agency Saudi Press Agency.
The Saudi monarch initially imposed a 21-day curfew on March 23, from 7pm to 6am, to contain the coronavirus, but expanded the controls to 24 hours in the capital, Riyadh, and other big cities last week.
Saudi Arabia has recorded 4,033 infections with 52 deaths, the highest among the six Gulf Arab states where the total count has surpassed 13,200 with 88 deaths despite strict measures to curb transmissions.
The Ministry of Interior affirms the continuation “of all special precautionary measures that were previously announced in a number of cities, governorates and residential areas, in addition to preventing movement across the 13 regions of the kingdom”.
