Passengers from these 23 countries to be allowed entry into Pakistan without COVID-19 test

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced that passengers from more than 20 countries have been exempted from getting a negative COVID-19 before entering Pakistan, an official notification said.

According to the notification, the CAA has issued a list in this regard and divided it into three categories A, B, and C. 

The passengers from countries in Category A will not be asked to get tested for the COVID-19, the notification said. 

Counties that have been included in Category A are: 

1. Australia
2. Cote d'Ivoire
3. China
4. Cuba
5. Fiji
6. Finland
7. Ghana
8. Iceland
9. Iraq
10. Madagascar
11. Maldives
12. Myanmar
13. New Zealand
14. Qatar
15. Rwanda
16. Saudi Arabia
17. Singapore
18. South Korea
19. South Sudan
20. Sri Lanka
21. Togo
22. Vietnam
23. Zambia

Meanwhile, any country that is not included in Category A automatically falls into Category B. The passengers from these countries will have to present a negative COVID-19, conducted within the last 96 hours.

Although there is no country in Category C, the CAA said that in case a nation is included, the passengers from there would have to get a negative test before boarding a flight as well as after reaching Pakistan.

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Pakistan has recorded 490,476 cases, 10,409 deaths, and 444,360 recoveries from coronavirus.