Saudi Arabia has extended its suspension of commercial passenger flights by at least one week amid concerns over a new variant of the Coronavirus.

Quoting the Interior Ministry Spokesman, the official Saudi Press Agency yesterday said, Saudi Arabia, will, however, allow flights in exceptional cases. It also said, foreigners, will be allowed to depart the kingdom, and cargo movement will be permitted.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman suspended passenger flights and banned entry and exit via their land and sea borders last week after a new strain of the Novel Coronavirus appeared in Britain.