An Interior Ministry official has announced lock down restrictions in Dammam have been tightened. Under the new rules, no one will be able to enter or leave the City until further notice except for freight and goods transporters. The Ministry official added some lock down restrictions in the Al-Atheer district of Dammam have been relaxed. Under the relaxed rules, residents can go out between 9.00am and 5.00pm for essential purposes providing they comply with the anti-Coronavirus measures. Activities already excluded from the lock down will be able to continue. Finally, vital factories in Dammam will be able to operate at one third of their total capacity and managers, engineers and employees will be able to enter but not leave the city. The new measures have been introduced following recommendations from the Kingdom’s health authorities. Full story
