Travel restrictions on African countries lifted
The travel restrictions for those arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Eswatini have been removed with immediate effect, Health Services Director General Dr. Asela Gunawardana said.
The Health Services Director General had imposed travel restrictions for passengers arriving in Sri Lanka from these countries on November 26.
In addition, the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) has informed the Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority and the Chairman of the Airport Aviation Services to ensure all travellers arriving in Sri Lanka upload online relevant documents such as vaccination records, pre-departure COVID-19 negative test reports and the data page of the passport beforehand, the Government Information Department said.
Further, the DGHS has instructed the relevant authorities to ensure that inbound travellers fill a mandatory Online Health Declaration on arrival in Sri Lanka. Such travellers should possess QR codes on their mobile phones or present a hard copy. These new regulations will come into effect from January 1, 2022.
Meanwhile, DGHS Dr. Gunawardena stated that children below 12 do not need to carry pre-departure COVID-19 test reports. Accordingly, it is still mandatory for travellers aged 12 or above to carry a negative COVID-19 PCR test report in the English language, done within 72 hours before embarkation.
If any traveller had contracted COVID-19 during the last three months, he or she could carry a negative COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test report done within 48 hours before embarkation. They should also carry some verifiable evidence such as a diagnostic card or positive Rapid Antigen Test report issued in English to prove his or her history of COVID-19 infection.
source https://www.dailynews.lk/2021/12/13/local/267175/travel-restrictions-african-countries-lifted
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