Sri Lanka bars arrivals with travel history to 6 African countries
As the newly-detected highly mutated Covid-19 variant of concern Omicron sparked serious global concerns, Sri Lanka has decided to ban the arrival of foreign travellers who have been to six countries in the African continent.
Accordingly, passengers with a travel history to South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatin within the last 14 days will not be allowed entry to the island nation, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced.
Anyone who arrived from the aforementioned countries are urged to undergo quarantine.
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