On further strengthening measures to prevent diseases of coronavirus infection at checkpoints on the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Further measures of preventing COVID-19 on the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan,

from October 6, 2020

 

In accordance with the Resolution of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, from October 6, 2020, the following measures for passengers arriving to Kazakhstan have been strengthened:

Restrictions: to suspend the resumption of flights with other countries; not to increase the number of flights with countries with which air traffic has already been resumed; reduce the number of flights to Turkey; foreign passengers must go through thermometry, questionnaires, and a certificate of examination for COVID-19, with the date of receipt of which no more than 72 hours have passed.

Foreigners without a certificate of a negative test for COVID-19, made within 72 hours, will be banned from entering Kazakhstan since October 6, 2020.

The rule does not apply to members of official delegations of foreign states and international organizations arriving in Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the republic; employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices and representative offices of international organizations accredited in Kazakhstan, and their family members; persons engaged in transit international road transport of goods.

These requirements apply to all countries that maintained international air traffic with Kazakhstan. The ranking of countries for international passenger flights by category is not provided, as it was before.

Similar restrictive measures apply to arrivals through border crossing points by the railway, sea, river transport and road crossings.

Citizens of Kazakhstan may cross the border without a PCR test certificate. However, nationals are required to undergo isolation in a quarantine facility for COVID-19 testing upon arrival.

 

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