JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s virus protocols are now mandating that employees across all sectors get vaccinated, but questions remain as to who cannot receive the lifesaving jab.
The Kingdom is on track to reach herd immunity after providing over 580 vaccine sites, and allowing residents to book a jab easily through the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Sehhaty app.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) said on Friday that workers must be immunized as they return to office attendance, with some people exempt for health reasons.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has urged all of the Kingdom’s residents to ensure they receive the vaccine and the exceptions are minimal.
Abu Dhabi: One man was killed and four others injured when a car flipped over several times after a road rage incident in Saudi Arabia, an official said.
“The crash occurred on Wednesday at around 21.19 on Al Aqeeq highway in Al Bahah, a city in the west of Saudi Arabia in the Hejaz area,” a spokesperson of the Saudi Red Crescent added.
The injured were admitted to the King Fahd Hospital, the spokesperson said.
The National Transformation Programme seeks to reduce traffic accident deaths, and human and economic damages of traffic accidents, as part of the Saudi Arabia 2030 Vision.
Serious traffic accidents decreased by 36 per cent and injuries caused by traffic accidents by 30 per cent, and the rate of traffic accident deaths per 100,000 people decreased from 28.8 to 13.5, by more than 53 per cent, between 2016 and 2020.
Saudi Arabia had 7 million cyberattacks in 2021
The report said that one of the most common attacks were against the protocols used by employees to access corporate resources remotely, emphasizing the need for cybersecurity awareness
Updated 26 March 2021
March 26, 2021 23:33
JEDDAH: Remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present security threats and risks to companies and employees in Saudi Arabia, with 7 million cyberattacks hitting the country in the first two months of 2021, according to a new report.
The report, from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, said that Saudi Arabia saw more than 22.5 million brute force attacks in 2020 on remote desktop protocols (RDPs), the most popular way to access Windows or servers. Brute force attacks are trial-and-error attempts to guess login information, encryption keys or find a hidden web page.