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The Saudi News Agency, citing an official Interior Ministry source, said it had been decided to require the second dose of the new coronavirus vaccine for travel outside the Kingdom for all citizens, to From 1/1/1443 AH corresponding to August 9, 2021.
Exceptions are made to those under 12, provided they present before traveling an insurance policy approved by the Saudi Central Bank, covering the risks of (COVID19) outside the Kingdom, those recovering from the Corona virus provided they spent less than 6 months since their infection with the virus, and those who contracted the virus He received a dose of the vaccine.
The source explained that this decision comes in accordance with the prevention and precautionary measures recommended by the Ministry of Health, and in the context of unremitting efforts to control the emerging pandemic of the Corona virus (COVID19), and given the emergence new waves of the epidemic around the world, the emergence of mutants of the virus, and the low efficacy of a single dose of the vaccine against these mutations, in addition to what has been proven by studies and scientific research that receiving two doses of the vaccine is sufficient to protect against complications from mutations in the virus.
And the Saudi Ministry of Health announced a week ago that the second dose of the Corona vaccine was available in Saudi Arabia for those who received the first dose, for all ages, after being postponed to mid-April for those who received the first dose. , in order to allow the possibility of vaccinating the greatest possible number of citizens and residents of the Kingdom.
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