Institutional Quarantine for All Travelers Starting on May 20 (Saudi Arabia)

The deputy minister of tourism for strategy and investment, Princess Haifa Al-Saud, Ministry of Interior (MOL), stated on Monday that all unvaccinated travelers coming from countries not facing a travel ban are mandated to go into institutional quarantine upon their arrival in Saudi Arabia as part of measures to stop the spread of COVID-19.

This mandate will take effect on May 20, 2021, with the following requirements and guidelines:

• The unvaccinated travelers must follow the institutional quarantine procedures for 7 days and with a valid health insurance document to cover the risks of coronavirus.
• They must undergo a PCR test for COVID-19 on the first and seventh day upon their arrival.

All visitors arriving in #SaudiArabia need to enter institutional quarantine https://t.co/UpGiSlVFf6

— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) May 11, 2021

Traveler exempted from the institutional quarantine: 

• Citizenship holders, their families, and domestic workers under their sponsorship.
• Unvaccinated domestic workers accompanying a vaccinated resident
• Vaccinated travelers
• Official delegation
• Traveler holding diplomatic visas, diplomats, and their families residing with the
• Airline and sea crew
• Truck drivers and their assistants from all port
• Workers in health supply chains, according to the Ministry of Health.

The kingdom is extremely ambitious to open the travel restrictions with utmost caution.