Daily coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia have surpassed 1,000 for the first time since August, while infections in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have surpassed the 2,500 level.
Authorities in the two Gulf Arab states have eliminated cases of the COVID-19 variant. Both countries showed their first known case of the Omicron variant in early December.
Saudi Arabia, the largest Gulf state with a population of around 30 million, recorded 1,024 new coronavirus infections and one death on Sunday. Daily cases had fallen below 100 in September.
The neighboring United Arab Emirates, a tourist and advertising hub that is lately celebrating its peak tourist season and an international exhibition, reported 2,600 new coronavirus cases and three deaths.
Daily infections in the UAE rose above 2,000 on Dec. 29, after having fallen below 100 in October.
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that it would ban travel by unvaccinated citizens from Jan. 10 and that fully vaccinated citizens would also want a booster shot to be able to travel.
The latest daily COVID figures are still below a peak of nearly 4,000 hit in the UAE last January when visitors flocked to the country, and a record of over 4,700 in Saudi Arabia in June 2020, according to Reuters data.
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