{"id":28182,"date":"2021-11-28T13:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T08:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=28182"},"modified":"2021-11-28T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T05:58:44","slug":"pakistan-bans-inbound-travel-from-7-countries-after-omicron-corona-variant-emergence-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/pakistan-news\/pakistan-bans-inbound-travel-from-7-countries-after-omicron-corona-variant-emergence-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan bans inbound travel from 7 countries after Omicron corona variant emergence in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP):Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) on Saturday imposed a \u2018complete ban\u2019 on direct and indirect inbound air travel from seven countries after emergence of \u2018Omicron corona variant\u2019 in South Africa and its spread in adjoining regions.<\/p>\n<p>The authority placed the countries, including South Africa, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana, in the Category-C and completely restricted inbound travel from there, according to a letter posted at the PCAA&#8217;s official twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>It elaborated that Pakistanis passengers traveling from these countries on \u2018extreme emergency\u2019 would only be allowed after \u2018obtaining exemptions\u2019 and following health\/testing protocols like vaccination certificate, negative PCR report (maximum 72 hours old) before boarding and the RAT (Rapid Antigen Test) on arrival at airport.<\/p>\n<p>The RAT negative cases would undergo a three-day mandatory home quarantine, followed by the re-RAT on 3rd day by respective civil administration. While, the RAT positive cases would be bound to a 10-day quarantine (at government\/self-paid facilities) and the PCR test would be conducted on 10th day in quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>However, to facilitate stranded Pakistanis, the authority said, travel from these countries till December 5, 2021 would be allowed \u2018without exemption\u2019 but under the prescribed health and testing protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP):Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) on Saturday imposed a \u2018complete ban\u2019 on direct and indirect inbound air travel from seven countries after emergence of \u2018Omicron corona variant\u2019 in South Africa and its spread in adjoining regions. 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