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A health e-passport for travel between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain has been issued. This collaboration between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain aims to ensure the implementation of bilateral preventive and control measures in combating the disease.
The SDAIA first introduced the health passport in January of last year, and it has since been modified to include a PCR result as well as a coronavirus travel insurance policy. It will assist citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in verifying and matching traveler information over the King Fahd Causeway in order to meet COVID-19 health requirements.
To implement the electronic document, the Saudi Cabinet accepted a memorandum of agreement between the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence and Bahrain’s Information and e-Government Authority.
It also integrates with IATA transport systems to indicate travel criteria and links the passport with border systems, checking the traveler’s health eligibility while issuing the boarding pass. The SDAIA’s goal is to strengthen the health e-passport to the point where it may be recognized as an official document all around the world.
The purpose is to make it easier for travelers, citizens, and residents to travel between the two countries via the King Fahd Causeway. It also helps in the verification of their compliance to the health procedures and criteria in place in the fight against COVID-19. It is also expected that the electronic link between the two countries will expedite the completion of travel procedures and enable people working at the King Fahd Causeway to immediately verify all the personal and health data of travelers, in addition to enhancing the level of protection and confidentiality of all data.
