Article on Saudi quarantine of city with 500,000 people:
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Saudi-Arabia-moves-to-quarantine-Qatif-governorate-over-coronavirus-620214
Being a dictatorship has its benefits:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/05/world/united-arab-emirates-tells-residents-not-travel-over-virus/