Maldives drops PCR testing requirement for inbound travelers
This comes at a time Maldives recently went through an overwhelming peak of Covid-19, following the celebrations to ring in the new year
Inbound travelers can now enter Maldives without presenting negative PCR certification.
Inbound travelers can now enter Maldives without presenting negative PCR certification.
This was revealed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) on Sunday, in line with the eases announced by Director General of Public Health Maimoona Aboobakuru and Head of Communicable Diseases Division of HPA, Dr. Fathmath Nazla Rafeeq during a press conference on Sunday evening.
As such, a number of restrictions imposed in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19, has been eased, allowing all inbound travelers to enter the country without the need to present negative PCR test results.
Dr. Nazla stated that PCR testing is no longer mandatory for travelers.
Further, travelers are no longer required to present PCR test results, even if they haven’t completed the Covid-19 vaccination.
Another restriction that was eased starting 13 March 2022, is revoking the mandatory quarantine period for inbound travelers, even if they can have not been fully vaccinated.
Despite these eases, the public has been urged to get tested for their safety and that of travelers.
The presser also saw the public health authorities revealing that some measures will still be continued as part of the response efforts, even though the public health emergency has been revoked. As such, the measures will continue as Covid-19 still has not been eradicated, and for the protection of those who are at a higher risk of complications and are vulnerable.
As such, testing for symptomatic persons, isolation for positive persons and quarantine for contacts of positive cases will continue.
The face mask mandate that came into effect across the Maldives in February 2021, was also dissolved.
These eases came not long after President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced that the state of public health emergency declared nationwide on 12 March 2020, has been dissolved starting 13 March 2022.
This comes at a time Maldives recently went through an overwhelming peak of Covid-19, following the celebrations to ring in the new year.
