Pak bans traveling from 15 countries amid looming Omicron threat

 

Pakistan banned trip from 15 countries on Monday, except under certain circumstances, and tensed trip restrictions on 13 other countries under the trouble of the new COVID-19 variant Omicorn.

The National Command and Operations Center of the taint-coronavirus agency reviewed the global Covid-19 epidemic in order to modify the bracket policy for air trip.

According to the NCOC's statement, the conference revised the orders grounded on the complaint biographies and health protocols applicable to trippers from different countries, and divided them into three orders A, B, and C.

Category "C" includes 15 countries Croatia, Hungary, Netherlands, Ukraine, Ireland, Slovenia, Vietnam, Poland, South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

" Complete ban on inbound trip from Category C countries" has been assessed but essential trip from these countries would bear carrying impunity instrument from the impunity commission, according to the statement.

The impunity commission would allow trip only with 100 per cent vaccination for all inbound passengers and those above six would be needed to be in possession of a negative (maximum 48 hours old) before boarding PCR test report.

Still, refugees are exempted from PCR test report demand.

All trippers of above six times would suffer RAT on appearance at the field indeed if travelling via direct or circular breakouts from Cat ‘C' countries.

Still, RAT negative cases from Omicron variant countries (South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia) will have to suffer 3 days obligatory counterblockade followed by PCR test to be conducted on the third day by civil administration.

The NCOC ranks Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Russia, the United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, France, Austria, Afghanistan and Turkey. Trippers in these countries should be vaccinated 100 percent

Arbitrary breakout RAT will be conducted on the presence of Category 'B' countries. RAT negative cases will be allowed but RAT positive cases will be quarantined for 10 days.

All other countries are not included in the 'C' and 'A' categories. Trippers should be vaccinated 100 percent. All six of these and more must have a negative PCR test report (maximum 48 hours old) before boarding. However, the refugees have been exempted from the condition of PCR examination.

All Pakistanis can travel from Category 'C' countries without impunity till 15 December but testing protocols would be obligatory on appearance.

Pakistan, meanwhile, has reported 336 new cases and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours, putting the number of verified cases and Covid-19 at risk, according to the National Ministry of Health Services.

People have recovered so far, but about 862 are still in critical condition.

Pakistan has completely vaccinated over 52 million people while about 82 million were incompletely vaccinated.