TEHRAN, Iran
Iran has imposed travel bans on passengers from 32 high-risk countries to tackle the spread of coronavirus and its new strains, an official said.
The spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran
unveiled new coronavirus restrictions on Sunday, saying passengers arriving
directly or indirectly from 32 high-risk countries would be banned from
entering Iran.
Travellers coming from one of the 32 states or passengers who
have stayed in one of those countries for more than four hours during the past
two weeks are barred from entering Iran, Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh said.
The updated list of high-risk countries includes the UK, Angola,
South Africa, Argentina, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile,
Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Eswatini, French Guinea,
Lesotho, Guyana, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Rwanda, Seychelles, Suriname, Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe.
All passengers above the age of 8 including Iranian citizens; coming from abroad must present a valid negative COVID‑19 test certificate at
the port of entry, he added.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the authorities to
step up their vigilance to keep the county away from the new strains of the
coronavirus.
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