An EgyptAir plane. File/EgyptAir
The new instructions will come into effect on Wednesday 9 February, the Egyptian flag carrier said in a statement circulated by local media on Friday.
Travellers to Saudi Arabia should obtain a negative PCR or antigen test results, EgyptAir said, echoing the new restrictions announced by the Saudi interior minsitry.
The test requirement applies to all travelers to Saudi Arabia, including citizens, regardless of their vaccination status. However, Children below eight years are exempted from the decision, EgyptAir said.
Saudi citizens travelling from the kingdom, and received their second coronavirus vaccine shot more than three months ago, should make sure to receive their booster shot, EgyptAir said.
Saudi citizens, who test positive for coronavirus and were fully vaccinated with a vaccine accredited by the kingdom are allowed to travel to Saudi Arabia seven days after the test without the need for another test, the flag carrier noted, based on the Saudi restrictions.
Those who received one vaccine dose will be allowed to travel to the kingdom 10 days after their positive test, EgyptAir added.
Late in November, Saudi Arabia announced lifting a ban on direct entry from six countries, including Egypt, starting 1 December. This partially reversed a Saudi decision in February to temporarily impose an entry ban on 20 countries in a bid to curb the coronavirus spread.
In January, Egypt has announced new travel restrictions with the country witnessing a significant surge in daily infections and reporting the highly infectious Omicron as the dominant variant currently.
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