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.
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.
Al Ekhbariya reported that the ministry is calling on all sectors to encourage employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The ministry will soon announce when the new vaccination policy is to take effect.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 1,039 new cases and 13 fatalities from COVID-19, raising Saudi Arabia’s death toll to 7,045 and the total number of cases since March 2020 to 424,445. Most of the new infections were recorded in the capital, Riyadh, followed by Mecca province, health officials said.
