Saudi Arabia has tightened the 21-day partial curfew after the kingdom reported its first coronavirus death.
According to the state news agency SPA, entry or exit from Riyadh, Mecca and Medina as well as movement between all provinces have been banned from Wednesday.
The curfew hours have also been extended by four hours in the three cities.
So far, the Kingdom has registered 767 cases, and 28 recoveries.
Authorities have halted international flights, suspended the Umrah year-round pilgrimage, closed mosques, schools, malls and restaurants in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.
It comes as Iran banned all New Year travel and traditional gatherings as the death toll from COVID-19 crossed 2,000 and number of positive cases hit 27,017.
Meanwhile, Oman announced 15 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the number of infections in the country to 99. Seventeen patients have also recovered and have been moved to home quarantine.
An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry has found.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a helicopter crash in mountainous terrain near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media said on Monday.
The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office said on Monday it had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given permission to have a full appeal over his extradition to the United States after arguing at London's High Court on Monday he might not be able to rely on his right to free speech at a trial.
Israel intends to broaden its military operation in Rafah, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told a senior aide to US President Joe Biden, who has warned against major action in the southern Gazan city that may risk mass civilian casualties.
Israel describes Rafah, which abuts the Gaza Strip's border with the Egyptian Sinai, as the last stronghold of Hamas Islamists whose governing and combat capabilities it has been trying to dismantle during the more than seven-month-old war.
After weeks of public disagreements with Washington over the Rafah planning, Israel on May 6 ordered Pale
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