Tanzania: Authorities maintain COVID-19-related measures as of Oct. 13 /update 16

Tanzania maintains COVID-19-related restrictions as of Oct. 13. International flights operating.

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Authorities in Tanzania have maintained COVID-19-related restrictions as of Oct.13.

All travelers entering Tanzania must provide a negative result from a PCR COVID-19 test or Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) taken within 96 hours before arrival. Additionally, all incoming passengers must complete and submit an online Traveller’s Surveillance Form within 24 hours before arrival. All travelers entering Tanzania will be subject to enhanced screening for COVID-19, including a possible rapid test, at their own cost.

Travelers who test positive on arrival must quarantine for 14 days and produce a negative PCR test result to leave isolation. Children aged five years and below and travelers in transit are exempt from both PCR certificate and rapid test requirements.

Moreover, all travelers arriving from or having traveled through the U.S., India, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, France, the D.R.C., Egypt, Malawi, and the U.K. within the 14 days before entering Tanzania must take a rapid test on arrival at their own expense. Returning residents will be allowed to quarantine in their homes for 14 days or more under a strict surveillance system. The ban on all flights to and from Russia remains in effect until Nov. 1. There are no domestic restrictions in place.

Additional measures put in place concerning cross-border traffic by commercial trucks and other cargo vehicles include:

No more than three persons are allowed per vehicle.
All truck drivers should hold a valid COVID-19 negative PCR or NAATs certificate taken before 14 days of arrival.
All truck drivers will be subjected to enhanced screening at points of entry and will be quarantined at designated facilities at their own expense.
Truck drivers have to declare their final destinations at the Points of Entry.

Authorities could reimpose, extend, further ease, or otherwise amend any restrictions with little-to-no notice depending on disease activity over the coming weeks.

Advice

Follow all official instructions. Reconfirm all travel arrangements before departure, including possible self-isolation requirements. Maintain contact with your diplomatic representation. Consider delaying travel if showing COVID-19-like symptoms as they may prompt increased scrutiny and delays.