The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MoICT) has today announced the closure of a women's beauty salon, adding that the necessary legal actions are being taken.

The salon continued receiving customers and delivering its regular services in violation of the decision to close some industrial and commercial outlets in order to limit the spread of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The decision came into effect as of today.

On the occasion, Mr. Abdulaziz Al Ashraf, Assistant Undersecretary for Control and Resources, said that the teams of the Inspection Directorate will continue their inspection visits across the kingdom.

He underlined the importance of taking the decisions seriously, pledging zero tolerance for violations of the rules and decisions to curb the spread of the pandemic.​