Pakistan on Saturday announced a ban on entry from seven countries including South Africa, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana and Eswatini due to threat from the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
A statement by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said that a ban on direct or indirect inbound travel from the aforementioned countries has been imposed, with the countries placed in Category C “with immediate effect.”
Due to threat of new Variant, following countries have also been included in Cat C and complete ban has been imposed on direct / indirect inbound travel from these countries with immediate effect: South Africa, Hong Kong,Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana pic.twitter.com/DxzqzV4sse
— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) November 27, 2021
Pakistani passengers traveling from these countries on “extreme emergency” will only be allowed after obtaining exemptions and ensuring the following protocols, the statement read.
- Vaccination certificate.
- Max 72-hour-old negative PCR report before boarding.
- Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on arrival at the airport.
- RAT negative cases will undergo 3 days mandatory home quarantine and re-RAT will be conducted on the third day.
- RAT positive cases will undergo 10 days mandatory quarantine at government or self-paid facilities.
- Their PCR test will be conducted on the 10th day in quarantine.