Interior Ministry prevents entry of Arabs & foreigners from many countries as preemptive measure against corona-virus
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Damascus (ST): The Ministry of Interior has prevented Arabs and foreigners, from a number of countries, from entering Syria in the context of preemptive measures to confront corona-virus and its grave health hazards.
The Ministry said in a statement that the Arabs and foreigners, regardless of those who have residence cards in the country or visas issued from Syria’s diplomatic missions who come from China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Germany, France, America, Japan, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, are prevented from entering Syria for the next two months.
The statement added that Arab citizens and foreigners, irrespective of if they have residence cards in the country or visas issued from Syria’s diplomatic missions who also come from Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Morocco are prevented from entering the country for one month.
“Syrian citizens coming from one of the mentioned states and who have no symptoms are allowed to enter the country, but they will be put in house quarantine for 14 days.” The Ministry said, adding that those who have symptoms will be transformed to al-Dweir center for health quarantine for 14 days. It also allowed the entry of trucks after having all medical preemptive check measures at borders.
The statement went on to say that members of the diplomatic and consular mission are allowed to enter the country after making the required medical tests.
The Ministry concluded that these measures came as preemptive to preserve public health in the Syrian Arab Republic.
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