Saudi private establishments warned of penalties for violating COVID-19 rules

13/01/2022 Argaam
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Saudi Ministry of Interior warned that penalties will be slapped on private sector entities, which fail to comply with the precautionary measures related to COVID-19.  

  

These violations include failure of establishments to check entrants’ body temperature, and allowing entry of unvaccinated or virus-infected people.  

 

Other violations include lack of sanitizers, non-adherence to mask-wearing and social distancing norms, and failure to clean equipment, shopping carts and surfaces. 

  

Failure to comply with these measures will lead to penalties starting from SAR 10,000 for microenterprises and up to SAR 100,000 for large ones.  

 

Penalty Code

Enterprise 

Microenterprise 

(1-5 employees) 

Small Enterprise 

(6-49 employees) 

Medium Enterprise 

(50-249 employees) 

Large Enterprise 

(Over 250 employees) 

Penalty (SAR) 

10,000 

20,000 

50,000 

100,000 

 

The ministry indicated that the penalty may be doubled to reach SAR 200,000 if the violation is repeated, and the entity may face a six-month closure.   

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