{"id":28486,"date":"2022-08-26T16:47:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/need-for-covid-19-test-results-at-border-scrapped"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:59:52","slug":"need-for-covid-19-test-results-at-border-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/need-for-covid-19-test-results-at-border-scrapped","title":{"rendered":"Need for Covid-19 test results at border scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Health and Social Services has scrapped the requirement for foreign travellers to produce vaccination certificates and negative PCR test results when they enter Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>This was said by the executive director Ben Nangombe in a public notice (Ref No 15\/2022) in which he clarifies the new entry requirements into Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that during the 45th Covid-19 public briefing on 14 July 2022, President Hage Geingob had announced that due to the current epidemiological situation, it was decided to remove the Covid-19 restrictions gazetted under the Public Health Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current epidemiological situation as of today no longer supports the retention of entry requirements into Namibia of a vaccination certificate and a negative PCR test result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently the entry requirements by foreign travellers of vaccination certificate and a negative PCR test result have been scrapped,\u201d said Nangombe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The Ministry of Health and Social Services has scrapped the requirement for foreign travellers to produce vaccination certificates and negative PCR test results when they enter Namibia. 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