{"id":10058,"date":"2021-05-02T18:06:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=10058"},"modified":"2021-05-02T18:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T18:06:46","slug":"saudi-arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-may-17-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/05\/02\/saudi-arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-may-17-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia to open land, sea, air borders as of May 17: ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"story-text\"><strong class=\"location-names\">RIYADH: <\/strong><\/span>Saudi Arabia will lift its suspension on citizens travelling abroad and open land, sea and air borders on Monday May 17, the interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10059\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Saudi-Arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-May-17-ministry-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Saudi-Arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-May-17-ministry-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Saudi-Arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-May-17-ministry-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Saudi-Arabia-to-open-land-sea-air-borders-as-of-May-17-ministry-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saudi\u00a0citizens who have received two vaccination shots, or one shot at least two weeks prior to travel, those who have recovered from coronavirus within the last six months and those who are under 18 years old will be allowed to travel, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi\u00a0citizens have largely been barred from travel since March 2020, when the kingdom first banned all travel in and out of the country as Covid-19 began spreading worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Its borders reopened in July 2020 but citizens were still not allowed to travel. 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