FILE PHOTO: Sri Lankan Airlines staff wear masks at Bandaranaike International Airport after Sri Lanka confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country, in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Doha: Sri Lanka has announced exemption of Pre-Departure COVID-19 testing (PCR/ Rapid Antigen Test) for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Sri Lanka.
This will be implemented from March 1, 2022, according to a tweet by the Sri Lankan embassy in Doha based on the circular ‘Important notice for passengers travelling to and from Sri Lanka’ issued by the Ministry of Public Health in Sri Lanka.
“As different countries have different phases of vaccination, for the inbound travellers, if the “recommended doses” of the COVID-19 vaccination are completed and depart from abroad two weeks after completion of vaccination, they will be considered as “Fully Vaccinated”,” it said.
Recommended doses to consider as fully vaccinated traveller: If the traveller is vaccinated with a 2-dose vaccine, or a recommended combination of them, traveller must have had both doses to be considered as fully vaccinated for travel to Sri Lanka.
If the traveller had an approved one dose vaccine (eg Janssen vaccine), traveller is considered as fully vaccinated.
Children of eighteen years and below, who have obtained at least a single dose of a recognized vaccine, will be considered as “Fully Vaccinated” if departed from abroad two weeks after completion of vaccination.
This guideline is effective for the travellers arriving in Sri Lanka via airports or seaports from 00:00 on of March 1, 2022.
