The Algerian president reduces accommodation expenses by 20% for Algerians returning to the country

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided today, Sunday, to reduce accommodation expenses by 20% for Algerians returning to the homeland, with the partial resumption of air traffic with 4 countries as of the first of next June.

A statement by the Algerian Presidency stated that President Tebboune also decided during his presidency of a cabinet meeting today, Sunday, to exempt students and elderly people with low incomes from Algerians returning to the homeland from paying the accommodation costs related to the quarantine.

The Algerian government had previously decided to partially resume air traffic from the first of next June, under precautionary measures that include analyzing pcr 36 hours before arrival and subjecting to quarantine in a hotel for a period of 5 days at the expense of the traveler, then conducting another pcr analysis and if it is found that the sample is positive, it will be completed. The traveler is staying at the hotel, provided that the cost of all procedures is the responsibility of the traveler.

President Tebboune also decided, in today's cabinet meeting, to give the highest priority to non-conventional water resources projects, with the aim of enhancing potable water reserves and rationalizing its consumption.

The Cabinet approved a draft order to amend the penal code, with the aim of strengthening the legal system for combating terrorism, by creating a national list of terrorist persons and entities, in addition to approving a draft order presented by Belkacem Zaghmati, Minister of Justice, related to the protection of information and administrative documents.

President Tebboune also decided during the meeting to establish a national agency to supervise the operation of desalination plants, under the tutelage of the Ministry of Energy, and to establish new desalination plants, taking into account the speed of completion, the strategic selection of their sites, and the activation of all lines of the stations for desalination of sea water to support water reserves, and prevent Exploiting the groundwater of the Mitteja Plain, and allocating it exclusively for agricultural irrigation in the region.