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Old Aug 10, 2021 | 7:35 am
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mecabq
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I can't get a clear answer on whether someone who is not vaccinated, but meets the other conditions (e-visa, coming from a non-restricted country) can enter and do the seven-day "institutional quarantine." The various official (https://www.visitsaudi.com/en/covid-19-information-page) and semi-official (airline web sites, local newspapers that parrot government press releases) sources are somewhat ambiguous. Visit Saudi says, "there is no quarantine requirement for vaccinated travelers to Saudi," but I don't think that this means that there is a quarantine requirement for unvaccinated travelers, but rather that unvaccinated travelers can't enter -- though it doesn't say that.

Emirates is marketing "official" quarantine packages and seems to be selling flights to RUH starting 08/23 though the COVID hub says that all flights are suspended. I guess it might make sense to keep availability a couple of weeks in the future and drop the flights on a rolling basis as necessary.

Anyone know?
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