2023-12-05T07:50:01+00:00
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/ The Saudi Public Health Authority (Weqaya) recommended that citizens of the Kingdom avoid traveling to Iraq, Sudan, and Syria, due to the spread of infectious diseases and weak health services there.
The list of preventive guidelines and travel alerts placed Iraq, Syria, and Sudan on a list of 24 countries with a “yellow rating,” to which it is recommended not to travel, due to “infectious diseases spreading within them” and “due to the level of health services” in them.
The same source indicated that “cholera and Crimean-Congo fever are among the active infectious diseases in Iraq,” in addition to measles and Covid-19, as diseases that are “frequently monitored” in the country.
The indicative list addressed to Saudi citizens revealed that Sudan is aware of “the spread of monkeypox, cholera, and dengue fever diseases,” and frequent monitoring of yellow fever, dengue, and squash fever diseases, in addition to the Covid-19 virus.
The same list stated that Syria is witnessing a “cholera outbreak,” in addition to frequent monitoring of the Corona virus.
In the most dangerous “red level”, the authority placed one country, Zimbabwe, which is known for the spread of “cholera and dengue fever” diseases, in addition to frequent monitoring of cases of yellow fever, squash fever, Rift Valley fever, and Corona.