HAIL: The first flight scheduled for repatriating Saudis from the Spanish capital Madrid arrived at Hail International Airport on Saturday.

Upon arrival via Saudi Arabian Airlines, the returnees were received by officials from the ministries of foreign affairs, tourism and health. 

All precautionary and preventive measures against coronavirus were conducted on all the passengers, who will have to observe a 14-day quarantine period.

On Sunday, a flight coming from Vienna, Austria, arrived at Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Qassim.

The flight carried Saudis repatriated from Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary.