Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will impose institutional quarantine on arriving passengers starting from May 20, the Ministry announced.
Saudi Arabia will lift the travel ban which was imposed last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic from Monday, with authorities saying that they were ready to operate international flights at full capacity.
In an announcement on Sunday, the Interior Ministry announced that May 17 will mark the full opening of all borders — air, land and sea, reports Xinhua news agency.
The Kingdom will allow people who received Covid-19 vaccines to travel along with those who recovered from infection in less than six months, it said.
Citizens below 18 can travel if they have health insurance policy that covers coronavirus-related risks.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia will impose institutional quarantine on arriving passengers starting from May 20, the Ministry announced.
The General Authority of Civil Aviation said that around 385 flights are expected to operate throughout the Kingdom’s airports on Monday.
The Interior Ministry however, added that said travel to a number of Covid-affected countries, directly or via another nation, is still banned without prior permission.
The countries are India, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Venezuela and Belarus.
