monkeypox: Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new Covid outbreaks

Following the re-outbreak of Covid-19 and the fast surge within the variety of every day Covid infections over the previous few weeks, Saudi Arabia has banned its residents from touring to sixteen nations, together with India.

The sixteen nations the place the residents of Saudi Arabia are banned to journey other than India embrace Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela, reported Gulf Information.

Additional, the Ministry of Well being in Saudi Arabia has assured the general public that zero monkeypox instances have been detected within the nation. Abdullah Asiri, Deputy Minister of Well being for preventive well being has mentioned that the Kingdom has the aptitude to observe and uncover any suspected monkeypox instances and in addition to combat towards the an infection if any new case emerges.

“Till now, instances of transmission between people are very restricted, and due to this fact the opportunity of any outbreaks occurring from it, even in nations which have detected instances, are very low,” he added.

In the meantime, the World Well being Group (WHO) has confirmed 80 instances of monkeypox in 11 nations and mentioned they’re working to higher perceive the extent and reason behind the outbreak.

In a press release issued on Friday, the WHO mentioned the virus is endemic in some animal populations in numerous nations, resulting in occasional outbreaks amongst native folks and vacationers.