Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) has issued a circular to airlines in the Kingdom to ensure that departing citizens have received the third (booster) dose of the Covid-19 vaccine after three months of the second dose.

The circular stipulates that the rule has exception to the age groups who are under 16 years of age, or from the exempted categories, according to what appears in the Tawakkalna application.
 
Gaca clarified in its circular that it must be ensured that all arrivals to the Kingdom, including citizens, regardless of their immunization status, hold a negative certificate for an approved PCR examination or for an approved rapid antigen test for the Coronavirus (Covid-19 Antigen Test) for a sample taken within 48 hours from the time of departure to the Kingdom, with the exception of those under 8 years old, taking into account the regulations of countries of arrival related to the Covid testing procedures for children.
 
Gaca indicated that citizens whose test results show their infection with the Coronavirus are allowed to come to the Kingdom after the period below has passed - without the need for a re-examination:
 
 1 - Seven days from the date of taking the positive sample for those who completed receiving the approved vaccine doses in the Kingdom.

 2 - 10 days from the date of taking the positive sample for those who did not complete receiving the approved vaccine doses in the Kingdom.

Gaca confirmed that this updated procedures will go into effect starting from one o'clock in the morning of February 9, 2022. – TradeArabia News Service