Vaccinated, Covid-recovered students exempted from weekly antigen test: ministry
Gulf Times
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said such students need to produce the vaccination certificate proving that they have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in the past nine months or a certificate of recovery from the student's health centre.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has announced that vaccinated and Covid-recovered students are now exempted from the weekly rapid antigen test.
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said such students need to produce the vaccination certificate proving that they have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in the past nine months or a certificate of recovery from the student's health centre.
The ministry confirmed that weekly rapid antigen testing at home will continue for unvaccinated students. Testing devices will continue to be provided to government school students only through their schools, and the date of collection will be conveyed via text messages to parents.
The MoEHE noted that random tests at all educational levels, by health teams of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), will continue.
