Kathmandu, Mar 13
Nepal has requested the Saudi Arabia to
arrange facility to send Nepalis gathered in the camps created for people who
want to return their country to Nepal.
High officials of the Nepali Embassy in
Riyadh had met the chief of such camps and urged to send the Nepalis back to
the country via any air route.
"The Saudi authorities have requested
us to wait till next Sunday," said the embassy on Monday in a notice issued
for the Nepalis in the country. Number of Nepali workers in such camps has
significantly increased in the last couple of days.
According to the embassy, by Monday
Himalaya Airlines, Salam Air and Oman Air are in operation to carry the people
allowed by the authorities to exit the country. The Gulf nation has barred
aviation service to and from European Union, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Ethiopia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia in the wake of the
growing number of VOVID-19 infected people.
However, it has allowed Saudi citizens and
foreigners with valid visa to reach the country within 72 hours from Monday.
The embassy said that no Nepali citizens in
Saudi Arabia were infected by coronavirus so far. Saying all the services of
the mission would be continued as usual, the embassy has urged Nepali workers
not to move in groups or use public transportation to go to the embassy for the
recommendation of work permit and regular consular and consultation service if
their passport has more than six months validity.
The mission has closed the exit visa
service which was provided every Friday.
It has requested Nepalis to contact and get
the services of Saudi Centre for Disease Prevention and Control if they have flu
or respiratory problems and urge their respective companies to send them to the
government authorised laboratories in case they have any health issue. Saudi
government is also operating Health Service Centre hotline telephone 937 which
can be contacted for any problem as well.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 14 April 2020.
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