Omicron｜Pakistan bans flights from Hong Kong and 6 African countries

Pakistan announced on November 27 that in view of the emergence of a new variant of the virus "Omicron" (Omicron) infection cases, it will immediately ban flights from Hong Kong and six other African countries, including South Africa and Botswana.

Pakistan’s National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) issued a statement on the 27th, stating that due to the emergence of the Omicron variant virus in South Africa and spread to neighboring areas, it is immediately prohibited from coming from Hong Kong, as well as from South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, and Lesotho. ), Botswana (Botswana), Eswatini (Eswatini) 6 African countries in flight entry.

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

If the above-mentioned countries or regions have reasonable emergency entry requirements, the authorities will approve the relevant passenger exemption from entry, and strengthen the screening of passengers entering the relevant area, requiring passengers to comply with the testing regulations, including vaccination certificates, and up to 72 hours before boarding PCR negative report, and rapid antigen test (RAT) upon arrival at the airport.

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If the test result is negative, the above-mentioned travelers must be isolated at home for 3 days, and on the third day, they will be subjected to a rapid antigen test by the civil affairs department again.

Passengers who test positive must be quarantined for 10 days and undergo a polymerase chain reaction test on the 10th day.