These rules were presented in a new bulletin issued by the
Civil Aviation Authority on the basis of recommendations by the Sudanese
Ministry of Health.
Based on the recommendations issued by the Emergency
Technical Committee of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation
Authority issued a new pilots bulletin (NOTAM) yesterday to allow entry to all
passengers coming from abroad, including foreigners coming from India.
Passengers from India faced additional travel restrictions
amidst concerns over the more infectious Delta-variant of the virus, which had
spread rapidly in the country.
Passengers can now enter Sudan provided that they can
present a valid negative COVID-19 test (PCR) taken less than 72 hours before
arrival, or 96 hours for those coming from the Americas, Europe, Australia, and
New Zealand. The new rules will be in place for those aged 8 and over.
The Director of the Civil Aviation Authority also announced
that the validity period of the PCR tests will be temporarily extended to 96
hours before arrival from all countries for a period of 3 days from today,
August 18, until August 21 at two o'clock in the morning local time. After these
first three days, the rules as presented on the bulletin will be in place with
72 hours being the maximum validity for PCR tests for most arrivals.
In the event of a violation of these new health
requirements, for example by failing to present a negative test, the offended
will be subject to a 14-days quarantine period and shall bear the costs of this
institutional quarantine and examination procedures.
New variants of the virus made their entrance on the catwalk
earlier this year
- Cartoon by Omar Dafallah (RD)
The Federal Ministry of Health announced the registration of
one more COVID-19 death and six confirmed cases on Wednesday.
In its daily epidemiological report, the ministry stated
that the number of active confirmed cases has reached 95, and another 3,145
potential cases are under review. The cumulative number of recorded COVID-19
infections amounted to 37,620.
The report also indicated the states most affected by the
pandemic are Khartoum, El Gezira, and the Red Sea State.
Sudanese medics have asserted more than once that the spread of the virus is being underreported in official figures. As the symptoms resemble those of malaria to a certain extent, patients are often not requested to undergo a COVID-19 test.
Hospitals are not equipped to treat people infected
with the coronavirus and refuse to receive them. Another reason may be the
stigmatising of the deadly disease by many Sudanese who just deny the presence
of COVID-19 in the country.
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