Oman sets COVID-19 double jab entry requirement for visitors

Expats residing in Oman queue with their luggage at the check-in counter at a terminal in Muscat International Airport. (File/AFP)

RIYADH: Omani authorities require foreign travelers aged 18 or older to have received at least two COVID-19 vaccine doses to enter the sultanate, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
Oman’s supreme committee tasked with tackling developments in the pandemic said only travelers who present a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival would be permitted to enter the kingdom.
The sultanate also canceled a previous decision that suspended entry from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique.
The committee also said that only individuals who have been fully vaccinated may enter public and private establishments.
(With Reuters)