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Sudan to remove travel ban on countries with new coronavirus strain

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Jan 14, 2021 07:26 AM IST

Sudan will be allowing travellers from Britain, Netherlands and South Africa. The visitors will have to quarantine for 14 days and show a negative Covid test report.

Sudan has lifted a ban on travellers coming from Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa as of Wednesday until April 11, the country's civil aviation authority said in a statement.

Sudan lifts ban on travel from countries with new coronavirus variant(Pexels)
Sudan lifts ban on travel from countries with new coronavirus variant(Pexels)

The country imposed the ban on December 23 due to the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus in the three countries.

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Instead of the ban, travellers from the three countries have to quarantine for 14 days after arriving in Sudan, and must report any disease symptoms to health officials, the authority said.

All travellers coming from abroad must have a certificate showing a negative test for Covid-19 issued within 72 hours of travel, it added.

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