Vehicles waiting to enter Saudi Arabia at the Abu Samra border. Pic: Al Jazeera screenshot
Doha: First Qatari vehicle entered Saudi Arabia today through Abu Samra border, Saudi media reported.
According to the television reports more cars are waiting to enter Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Al-Akhbariya channel published a video showing a car entering the Saudi side from Qatar and welcomed by Saudi officials.
The Saudi channel also reported that Qataris wishing to enter the Kingdom will have to bring a PCR certificate proving that the person is free from Covid-19 and Qataris who have visited countries that have reported the new mutated strain of the virus, such as Britain and South Africa, will have to stay in quarantine for two weeks in Qatar before coming to the Kingdom, explaining that it is the procedures followed for all those coming into Saudi Arabia.
Following the opening of the air, land and sea borders between the State of Qatar and the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a number of precautionary measures will be implemented on all arrivals from the Abu Samra border crossing.
First Qatari vehicle enters #SaudiArabia: Report
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Video: Al Ekhbariya TV
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