Equatorial Guinea: Borders closed to international flights 6 December-2 January

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Equatorial Guinea: Borders closed to international flights 6 December-2 January

7:27 CAT | 02 Dec 2021

Picture: Lusa

The Government of Equatorial Guinea will close its borders to international flights from Monday until January 2 due to the new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron.

“International flights are suspended with effect from December 6 of this year until January 2, 2022,” states a decree issued by the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, published Thursday morning.

The text stresses that “entry of travellers from countries where the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been identified is prohibited”, with the exception of Equatorial Guinean citizens coming from abroad, who will have to comply with a quarantine.

For internal flights, the authorities will require “mandatory PCR certificate and vaccination card for each passenger at check-in and boarding”.

Another measure is the establishment of a nationwide curfew from 23:00 local time until 06:00 local time the next day during the period provided by the decree.

The curfew is justified in the text by the consideration that, “in order to prevent community transmission of the disease, the government should continue to raise awareness with the aim of attracting and increasing the public’s risk perception and achieving lasting behavioural changes.”

To date, Equatorial Guinea has registered about 13,600 cases of Covid-19, of which 175 have resulted in patient deaths, according to official data.

Source: Lusa