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Saudia Arabia finishes mandatory quarantine upon arrival
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday has said that people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will not have to stay in isolation once they arrive in the Kingdom.
According to international media, the Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation has announced that people who have completed the vaccination process against the COVID will not need to be quarantined upon arrival in Saudi Arabia, but it is necessary for them to must have a vaccination certificate certified by their Saudi government.
Earlier, the Saudi General Authority had imposed a seven-day quarantine on those who have not yet been vaccinated against the virus on arrival in Saudi Arabia.
According to Arab media, the vaccines approved in Saudi Arabia include Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson.
It should be noted that the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia has also recommended new protocols for Hajj this year.
The Ministry of Health says that Hajj applicants will have to undergo both doses of coronavirus vaccine and PCR test.
The pilgrims will have to get the vaccine approved by the Saudi government in their country while the second dose of corona vaccine must have been administered 14 days before arrival in the Kingdom.
The Coronavirus killed 15 more people in Saudi Arabia on Monday, bringing the total to 7,362.
A total of 1,245 new cases of the virus have been reported, bringing the total number of corona cases in Saudi Arabia to 450,436.
There are currently 9,661 active cases of corona in the Kingdom, of which 1,438 are said to be in critical condition.
Of the new cases, 428 are in Makkah, 313 in Riyadh, 155 in the eastern provinces and 99 in Madinah.
According to the Ministry of Health, 1,275 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recovering people to 433,431.
So far, 141,463 people in Saudi Arabia have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.