São Paulo – Passengers intending to board planes or other means of mass transport in Saudi Arabia will be required to have received the two shots of the vaccines against COVID-19. The announcement was published on the Saudi newspaper Arab News website, with information disclosed this Friday (1) by the country’s Ministry of Interior.
The new law will come into effect on October 10. It will also apply to participation in any cultural, scientific, social, or recreational event and other types of economic, commercial, cultural, recreational, sporting, or tourist activities. Entering government or private establishments is also prohibited for those not vaccinated with two shots of the immunizing agent.
Saudi Arabia recorded three COVID-19 deaths and 45 new infections this Friday. So far, 8,719 have died from the disease in the Arab country, and 536,226 people have recovered from the infection.
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
