Friday, January 7, 2022
Saudi Arabia reminds of 1,000 riyals fine for violating Social distancing and Temperature checking measures
The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia warned against not sticking to the precautionary measures of coronavirus, such as not maintaining social distance and not complying with temperature checking, while entering public and private sector facilities. Follow Saudi Expatriates on Whatsapp group
The Ministry of the Interior through its official Twitter account said that failure to adhere to social distances, and refusal to measure the temperature when entering the headquarters of the public and private companies, violates the preventive measures against the Corona virus.
- The penalty for each violation is 1,000 riyals, which will be doubled while repeating it and the fine can reach up to 100,000 riyals, added the Ministry.
- This came in line, after Saudi Arabia re-imposes to wear mask and maintain social distancing, after a surge of Omicron variant corona infections in the Kingdom.
- Earlier last week, the Ministry of Interior reminded about the fine for not using medical or cloth mask or what ever covers the nose and mouth, as it is a violation of the preventive measures against the corona virus.
- Those who violate the obligation of wearing mask will be fined with 1,000 riyals, it can be doubled in case of repeating and the penalty may reach up to 100,000 riyals. You can read more on "Ministry reminds of fine for not wearing a mask".
