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Saudi Arabia shuts entry and exit into Jeddah, brings forward curfew - state news agency

Published: 29 Mar 2020 - 12:12 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 08:27 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view shows the empty garden of the King Fahd Library, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: General view shows the empty garden of the King Fahd Library, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo

Reuters

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia shut down entry and exit into the Jeddah governorate and brought forward a curfew there to begin at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), state news agency SPA said on Sunday.

The curfew in Jeddah previously began at 7 p.m. Saudi Arabia applied the same measures to Riyadh, Mecca and Medina last week.