How Covid-19 restrictions have impacted business travel to Saudi Arabia – ArabianBusiness

How Covid-19 restrictions have impacted business travel to Saudi Arabia – ArabianBusiness

Saudi Arabia’s business community is adapting to the frequent changes in travel requirements, the latest of which include a booster, or third dose of vaccine, and a 48-hour PCR test, as the world continues to deal with coronavirus.

As of February 1, a booster jab of an approved coronavirus vaccine was required for adults aged 18 years old to enable them to keep their fully vaccinated status on the Tawakkalna app (Saudi Arabia’s version of the UAE’s Al Hosn app, a digital record of vaccines and PCR tests for residents, nationals and travellers).

“This has caught some of our clients by surprise, particularly when they have already received, for example, two doses of Sinopharm and two doses of Pfizer,” said Paul Arnold, managing director of Sovereign Saudi Arabia.