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Jakarta (VOI News) - 

The Government of Indonesia through the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Jeddah has tried many efforts to protect Indonesian citizens in Jeddah amid quarantine steps taken by the Saudi Arabian government in curbing the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

This was revealed by the Indonesian Consul General in Jeddah Eko Hartono to Voice of Indonesia via telephone on Monday (30/03).

Eko Hartono said a number of Indonesian citizens in Jeddah felt the direct impact of the Saudi Arabian government policy. One of those affected is Indonesian citizens who work in Saudi Arabia and rely on daily salary income.

“What we are really worried about is that they are primarily our Indonesian Migrant Workers who are daily workers. This is our concern. Those who have to depend their lives on this poor daily work, for example a driver. Now, drivers can't work, and so can taxi drivers, bus drivers. They all become our concern. There are 168 something legal igrant workers in Jeddah, while the number of the illegal one is almost three folds, around 500 or 600 thousand. Well we are not sure about the faith of the illegal workers,” Eko Hartono said.

As of Monday, there were 1453 positive cases of Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia. Of these, 8 people died, while 115 others were cured.

The Saudi Arabian government had previously imposed the closure of a number of crowd points in order to reduce mass build-up in an area. The Saudi Arabian government has even imposed a curfew from 15 to 6 so that the spread of Covid-19 can be suppressed. (VOI/Ndy/AHM)