We Will Not Quarantine Tourists With No COVID-19 Symptoms - Kenya

Posted by Lanre Aerodove on July 10, 2020 in Airlines COVID-19 Tourism Travels | Comments : 4

Kenyan government has announced that, only passengers with coronavirus-like symptoms will be subjected to a mandatory 14-day quarantine once airspace reopens for international passenger flights on August 1.

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said, "anybody who will come to Kenya with no symptoms of coronavirus and record a body temperature of less than 37.5 degrees celsius will be allowed to leave the airport".

"You do not expect tourists to come all the way from wherever they will come from to be quarantined here for 14 days. If that will be the case, then they will not come.
However, if there is a suspected case on the flight, passengers on the first and the second row from where the case was will all be tested for coronavirus." Macharia told a news conference at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday as the country prepared to re-open, in order to rescue economy.

"If they test negative, they will be allowed to leave the airport, if they test positive then they will be quarantined according to the Ministry of Health's guidelines."

According to the CS, airports across the country will operate under strict restrictions as non travellers would not be allowed into the airport premises.
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that international flights will resume operations on August 1, with measures aimed at cushioning the aviation and tourism sector that was hit hardest since March when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country.

All international flights to and from Kenya were suspended on March 25 in measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus disease.