Oman to reopen borders with strict coronavirus guidelines

Oman to reopen borders with strict coronavirus guidelines

Sultanate has announced that a PCR test must be taken 72 hours before flying and again on arrival

Oman is to reopen its land, air and sea borders from Tuesday (December 29), according to a social media posting from the sultanate's government.

The Supreme Committee in charge of overseeing developments resulting from the spread of Covid-19 last week announced that international travel would be temporarily suspended for a period of seven days amid growing fears about a new fast-spreading strain of coronavirus, which appeared in the United Kingdom.

Travellers to Oman must show a negative virus test conducted within 72 hours before entering the country and must have health insurance, according to the country's supreme committee. All travelers must submit to a seven-day quarantine and take another test on the eighth day after their arrival.

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In October, the Omani government reopened the country's land borders with neighbouring countries to citizens and residents travelling to or from the sultanate and who have passed a series of Covid-19 tests. International commercial flights also resumed from the sultanate's airports on October 1.

Earlier this month, Oman announced that it will allow the import and use