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Oman sets COVID-19 double jab entry requirement for visitors

Published: 26 Dec 2021 - 03:10 pm | Last Updated: 26 Dec 2021 - 03:10 pm
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CAIRO: Omani authorities require foreign travellers 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.
The sultanate also cancelled a previous decision that suspended entry from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique.

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