Vaccination requirement dates
August 1, 2021—Immune by Tawakkalna
As previously advised, KAUST required all employees, students and dependents to have the “Immune by Tawakkalna” status as of August 1, 202 Those people not listed as “Immune by Tawakkalna” in the app are, therefore, no longer allowed to enter KAUST retail, recreation, school, campus or workplace venues.
Those under 18 are exempt until September 1, 2021, when full immunity status will be required for those 12 and older(see below)
Newly-arriving international students, employees and dependents who haven’t been able to be vaccinated in their home country must follow all Keeping KAUST Safe guidelines, be tested on a weekly basis until their Iqama is received, at which point they must immediately get vaccinated.
September 1, 2021—Full immunity required for those 12 and older
All COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available to those aged 12 and older in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, as of September 1, 2021, everyone in KAUST aged 12 years and older must have received all doses of their KSA-approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Immune by 1st dose and immune by prior infection will no longer be accepted as of September 1 since 2nd doses are widely available and those with prior infections now need only wait 10 days from the date of infection before receiving their vaccination.
Anyone 12 and older must have received all doses of vaccine and be listed as “Immune – completed the doses of COVID-19 vaccine” in the Tawakkalna app.
TKS will check for COVID-19 vaccine compliance of those 12 and older along with all other school required vaccines.
Vaccinations at KAUST
This week, KAUST Health will be administering Pfizer vaccines to those requiring either first or second doses. All appointments have now been booked.
There will be additional dates provided by the end of this week for people returning from overseas travel who wish to be vaccinated in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions or need assistance please contact Patient-Relations@KAUST.edu.sa
Vaccine monitoring form
Whether you have had one or both vaccine shots (either in Kingdom or internationally), please update your status by completing the KAUST vaccine monitoring form.
August 1 COVID-19 update
As of August 1, there were fourteen new positive cases of COVID-19 confirmed at KAUST since the last bulletin (published July 25, 2021).
- All those eligible (nine) had at least one vaccine dose, the other five were ineligible children
- Twelve presented with symptoms, including those unvaccinated
- Eight of the cases were from the same household
All positive cases are in quarantine and contact tracing has been completed.
For the most up-to-date information, please check the KAUST COVID-19 Dashboard.
The 14-day positivity rate* at KAUST is currently unavailable** as of Aug 1, 2021.
We urge all community members to practice physical distancing, the wearing of face coverings, hand washing and adherence to the Keeping KAUST Safe guidelines. If you have symptoms, please stay home and call KAUST Health at 012 808 0940.
* Positivity rate = % of positive tests returned from the total number of tests taken during a 14-day period.
Excludes where the result is still pending or the swab was rejected.
** This rate will only be displayed if the number of tests conducted achieves a given significant threshold (724 tests). Over the past 14-day period, 276 tests were conducted, with 14 positive cases.
See the most up-to-date information about KAUST COVID-19 cases anytime by clicking on the button below or visiting – hse.kaust.edu.sa
Where to turn when you need to know
- Facilities Management – 012 (808) 0959 or email FMCallcenter@kaust.edu.sa
- Human Resources – 012 (808) 2055 or email HRHelpdesk@kaust.edu.sa
- Health, Safety & Environment – visit the website
- Graduate Affairs – 012 (808) 3412 or schelpdesk@kaust.edu.sa
- KAUST Health – 012 (808) 0940 or visit the KAUST Health website
- Wellness services – visit the Health, Safety and Environment website
