*Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority has issued new SOPs for inboundflights, including mandatory coronavirus tests for passengers from somecountries.*
The requirement of a COVID-19 PCR test for incoming passengers comes intoeffect from October 5. The CAA has made divided countries into Category Aand Category B countries.
Category A countries are Australia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba,El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan,Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Myanmar, NewZealand, Norway, Poland, Rwanda, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, Turkey,Uganda and Uruguay and are exempt from the requirement.
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All other countries, including the US, UK and UAE, are required to providenegative PCR tests before boarding. The tests can be a maximum of 96 hoursold.
