Saudi Arabia will enforce a 24-hour curfew across the kingdom during a five-day holiday to celebrate Eidul Fitr, the interior ministry said in a statement, to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Until then economic activities will remain open and people can move freely between 9am and 5pm, excluding Makkah which remains under full curfew, the statement published by the state news agency said.

A Saudi woman wearing protective gloves shops at a supermarket in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 11. — Reuters/File
A Saudi woman wearing protective gloves shops at a supermarket in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 11. — Reuters/File

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