Oman sets COVID-19 double jab entry requirement for foreign travellers - GulfToday

Oman sets COVID-19 double jab entry requirement for foreign travellers

  • 26 Dec 2021
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Oman's Supreme Committee, tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus pandemic, made a decision to apply two-dose vaccination as a prerequisite for entry of non-Omanis aged 18 and above to the Sultanate from all checkpoints.

It also decided to cancel the decision that bans entry of arrivals from certain countries listed previously, namely South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique.

The Supreme Committee also reaffirmed that vaccination remains a condition to enter public and private establishments, according to Oman News Agency (ONA).

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