Oman lifts ban on vaccinated travelers from 18 countries

Oman will allow vacationers with proof of vaccination to enter the nation starting Sept. 1, the Civil Aviation Authority stated Monday.

Within the round posted to Twitter, the authority said it was lifting a ban on 18 international locations that had been in place since June.

Underneath the brand new guidelines, vacationers will need to have obtained their second vaccine dose at least 14 days previous to arrival and are required to point out a vaccine certificates with a QR code upon touchdown within the nation. Vacationers should additionally quarantine for seven days in Oman until they current a detrimental PCR take a look at carried out previous to journey.

To curb the unfold of COVID-19, Oman had banned journey from international locations together with India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, a transfer that stranded scores of expat employees of their residence international locations.

Citing a declining variety of instances, Oman on Saturday lifted its nighttime lockdown, which had restricted motion between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. Well being officers on Monday reported 151 new coronavirus instances in Oman and 7 virus-related deaths, bringing the entire variety of infections because the begin of the pandemic to 301,450.

Since launching its vaccine marketing campaign in late December, Oman has administered not less than one dose to 37% of the inhabitants and totally vaccinated 29%. By the tip of the yr, the Gulf nation stated it goals to vaccinate everybody 12 and over.