EgyptAir announces new measures on vaccinated arrivals at Egyptian airports

CAIRO – 24 June 2021: The national flag carrier EgyptAir announced on Wednesday new measures on arrivals at the Egyptian airports who had received a coronavirus vaccine.

EgyptAir said in a statement that Egypt Today could obtain that the new measures come as per the directives of the Health of Ministry and are concerned with visitors to the country who carry a COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

Those carrying vaccination certificates and coming from countries that have not been affected by the coronavirus variants through the past 14 days will have their certificates accepted. Certificates, however, have to include a QR code.

This suggests that those visitors will not have to provide a PCR test certificate.

Visitors from countries that have been affected directly or indirectly with the coronavirus variants during the past 14 days will also have their certificates accepted if they meet a number of conditions.

These conditions include words not being struck through or added, the presence of a QR code and will only be accepted after its place of issuance is verified.

After that, visitors from the affected countries will undergo the ID Now COVID-19 test and, if tested positive, will undergo a PCR test once arriving.

If the PCR shows positive results, those visitors will be transferred to a hospital.

Passengers coming from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Latin America countries are all included.

Vaccination certificates will be accepted from those who received a vaccine that is approved by the World Health Organization and the Egyptian Drug Authority.

Certificates have to be submitted at least 14 days from receiving the second dose of the vaccines that require two shots, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Sputnik V or 14 days from receiving the first dose of Johnson & Johnson.