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Countries entry instructions 1- MIDDLE EAST: No. Country Instructions & Restrictions 1 EGYPT Health Regulations to enter Egypt: • Passengers should wear face masks during the flight. • A Health Declaration form should be available on all the international flights and to be filled by the Passengers before boarding the flight (at the departure airport) and to be delivered to The Quarantine Authorities upon arrival. • Airline must provide the Health Declaration form at the departure airports and insure that the passengers have filled and signed it before boarding the flight (on the international flights) • Passengers travelling to Egypt should be screened at the airport of departure. • Passengers who are suffering from a temperature (Equal / above) 38C or those who are suffering from one of the respiratory symptoms (cough / sneezing / shortness of breath …etc.) are not allowed to board the aircraft. • Aircraft disinfection form should be delivered to The Quarantine Authorities upon arrival for the international flights. • The disinfection of the Aircraft and the disinfection of aircraft air conditions filters should be done according to WHO guidelines and the aircraft manufacturer, Aircraft will not be allowed to take off again till obtaining a sanitary quarantine approval from the Egyptian Quarantine Authorities. • In case of any of the respiratory symptoms appear on a passenger during the flight, all necessary precautions must be taken if possible by (separate the suspected passenger in an area far from the rest of the passengers / assign one of the cabin crew members to serve the sick passenger / provide a bathroom for the sick passenger only). • Global Health insurance is no more mandatory. (optional) • All Passengers arriving to Egypt from (Ethiopia - Eritrea - Senegal – Sudan - Somalia - Congo - Niger - Angola - Uganda - Benin - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Chad - Togo – Tanzania - Gambia - South Sudan- Central African Republic - Democratic Republic of Congo - Sierra Leone -Rwanda - Zambia - Ghana - Guinea - Guinea Bissau - Equatorial Guinea - Côte d'Ivoire - Kenya - Liberia - Mali - Mauritania – Nigeria-Cameroon –Gabon - Brazil - Argentina - Ecuador - Paraguay - Panama - Peru – Trinidad and Tobago- Guyana - French Guiana - Suriname - Venezuela – Colombia) must be in possession of Yellow 1 Fever Vaccination Certificate. • All Passengers arriving to Egypt from (Pakistan - Afghanistan –Somalia- Nigeria -Niger -Malaysia - Philippines - China- Myanmar - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Kenya -Chad - Cote d'ivoire - Angola - central republic of Africa - Ethiopia - Ghana - Togo - Zambia -Benin - Burkina Faso - Cameroon) must be in in possession of Poliomyelitis Vaccination Certificate. PCR: • Effective from 1st Sep.2020 and till further notice, • All passengers "including Egyptians" travelling to Egypt MUST be in possession of negative PCR test (72) hours (before departure time of the last direct flight to Egypt). • Exception is made for passengers travelling from (Japan / China / Thailand / North America / South America / Canada / London (Heathrow) /Rome / Paris / Frankfurt / New Zealand / Australia/South Korea) PCR test will be 96 hours before departure time. • All children "regardless their nationalities" under 6 years old are exempted from PCR test. • Transit Passengers (who are not entitled For Hotel Accommodation and will be staying at Cairo Airport till their onward Flight) don’t require having a PCR Test upon Arrival. • Transit Passengers (who are entitled For Hotel Accommodation and will not be staying at Cairo Airport till their Onward Flight) must be in Possession of Negative PCR Test even if their Final Destination don’t need require a Negative PCR Test to be able to accommodate them in Hotel. • The minister of foreign affairs will coordinate with the concerned authorities regarding the procedures for PCR test and precautionary measures planned to be implemented for the members of diplomatic missions coming from abroad after the end of their work period. • The submitted PCR certificate will be accepted if it meets these requirements: • It includes the hour and the date of sampling, which is the date on which the 72 hours will be counted. • Issued by an authorized accredited laboratory and stamped with the laboratory’s stamp and does not contain scraping, cancellation or addition. • Indicating the type of sample taken for the swab. • Indicating that the type of test is (RT - PCR). • Certificate is accepted in Arabic or English language. • The RT-PCR certificate must be an original paper certificate (Copy is not allowed). • International Passengers (who are travelling directly) to (Sharm el Sheikh / Taba / Hurghada / Marsa Alam) airports who failed to submit a valid PCR test (72 hours before flight departure time), shall undergo the PCR test upon arrival to those airports with charge of 30 USD. “Those passengers will be isolated in 2 their hotels till the PCR test result is received and “In case the PCR is positive, passenger will be self- isolated in his / her room at the hotel and to coordinate with the Egyptian Ministry of health”. • PCR test certificate EXPIRES as soon as the passenger used it to travel outside Egypt (as it can’t be used again to return back) • In the event of violating the above-mentioned procedures, the necessary legal measures will be taken against EgyptAir. QUARANTINE: • Passengers coming to Egypt will be followed up for 14 days by The Quarantine Authorities and Ministry of Health Offices 2 Qatar Effective from 15th February till 30th April 2021 (23:59EST), • Inbound flights are suspended due to COVID-19 infection prevention; this restriction doesn’t affect for the following flights; (flights with transfer passengers / flights with Qatari nationals / flights with Qatari residency permit holders) • Effective from 18th January 2021, Flights between Cairo and Doha will be resumed. • All passengers arriving to Qatar must install “EHTERAZ” application on their cell phones. First: Countries in “the Green List: (Oman / Brunei Darussalam / Thailand / China / Vietnam / Malaysia / South Korea / Singapore / Japan / Myanmar / Maldives / Australia / New Zealand / Mexico / Cuba / Mauritius / Iceland / Ireland): • Passengers arriving from “Green Countries” countries are accepted on board flights heading to Hamad International Airport, and must be informed about the following: 1- Passengers will be required to do a PCR test upon arrival to airport. 2- Sign a commitment for one-week self-quarantine (Home Quarantine). 3- Passenger will proceed to one of the accredited health centers on the 6th day of his arrival to do the PCR test, and according to the test result, passengers will then follow the rest of procedures published on the Ministry of Public Health website. • Passenger will be exempted from doing the PCR test upon arrival to the Airport in case he is carrying a (COVID-19) Disease-Free certificate from an accredited medical Center from the country of his departure, provided that the date of this certificate do not exceed 48 hours prior to the travel time, then rest of above mentioned procedures to be followed Second: Other Countries: Which are other countries not included in the “Green list” and do not have accredited medical centers for COVID-19 test • Passengers arriving from such countries are accepted on board flights heading to Hamad International 3 Airport, and must be informed about the following: 1- To book a quarantine Hotel for one week through “Discover Qatar” website, before arriving to the state of Qatar. 2- Passenger will do a PCR test on day six of the Hotel Quarantine, and according to the test result, passengers will then follow the rest of procedures published on the Ministry of Public Health website. • For Qatari Nationals, their spouses, their husbands, their children, and companions’ holders of permanent residency holders: - 1- They can freely travel and return at any time, provided they are following the above-mentioned instructions according to the country they are coming from. 2- Passengers subject to the above-mentioned condition of Hotel-quarantine will be exempted from bearing the cost of the Hotel, in case they are having overseas medical treatment at state expenses, same as their registered companions, as well as officials on duty travels, since their sponsors will duly bear the hotel cost. • With reference to Residents 1- They will be allowed to return to state of Qatar effective the 1st of August 2020, by getting a Return Permit through “Qatar Portal”. • With reference to passengers requiring self-quarantine (Home Quarantine): - ➢ Ministry of public health had identified categories of passengers that are requiring self-quarantine, regardless of the country of arrival, these categories are published through the Ministry of Public Health website. Citizens, their Spouses and Children, Permanent Residency Holders, and GCC Citizens: o Citizens, their spouses and children, permanent residency holders, and GCC citizens can return to the State of Qatar at any time, provided they adhere to the travel and return policy. o Citizens, their spouses and children, permanent residency holders, and GCC citizens shall bear the cost of the hotel quarantine for a week, provided that the booking is made through “Discover Qatar.” o If the hotel quarantine conditions apply, the government will cover the costs for the hotel quarantine for patients receiving treatment abroad at the expense of the State, along with their escorts. The same applies to the employees who are on official missions.