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Covid: Only vaccinated employees allowed to attend workplaces, says Saudi
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The announcement quoted Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Development.
Saudi Arabia on Friday announced that only vaccinated workers would be allowed to attend their workplaces.
According to state TV Al Ekhbariya, the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Development said that inoculation against Covid would be required for employees to be allowed back into offices.
The ministry also called on all sectors to ensure that their employees were vaccinated.
Details regarding how and when the policy would be implemented in the Kingdom would be announced soon, according to Al Ekhbariyah.
Saudi Arabia to require all workers get vaccinated Workers in both the private and public sector must receive the vaccine before returning to their workplaces, according to the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Development. A medical worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the first drive-through vaccination center in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on March 4, 2021. - FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images
May 7, 2021
Saudi Arabia will require all private and public employees in the kingdom to be vaccinated before returning to their workplaces, Saudi authorities said Friday.
“Receiving a coronavirus vaccine will be a mandatory condition for male and female workers to attend workplaces in all sectors (public, private, non-profit),” the Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Development tweeted on Friday.