Exemption from Hotel Quarantine when fully vaccinated visitors arrive in Saudi Arabia

Exemption from Hotel Quarantine when fully vaccinated visitors arrive in Saudi Arabia (photo : SPA)

The Saudi Civil Aviation Department has said that vaccinators will be exempt from hotel quarantine restrictions when they arrive in Saudi Arabia.

According to Newspaper 24, a large number of people were being asked by the Civil Aviation Department, GACA and the Tawakalna app, "If they are vaccinated from outside, will they also be subject to the Hotel Quarantine ban or will they be exempt from it.?

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The Department of Civil Aviation and Tawakalna App jointly responded to the query by saying that "fully vaccinators will be exempted from the quarantine requirement."

The Department of Civil Aviation says that 'vaccinators' are Saudi nationals or expatriates whose position in the Tawaklana app is 'muhsin' (vaccinators) - muhsin means a person who has taken both doses of corona or 14 days have passed since the first dose or have recovered from the corona virus and have not recovered for more than six months.

The Department of Civil Aviation says immigrants and foreigners arriving in Saudi Arabia who have taken doses of the corona vaccine approved in Saudi Arabia and have completed 14 days of dosing will also be exempt from the Hotel Quarantine ban. - They have to register at the special e-gate before coming to the country to avail the facility of immunity.