Kathmandu: Nepal on Saturday made two weeks of quarantine mandatory for travelers who came from 67 different countries, especially from European and African countries, after increasing Coronavirus variant.
“Passengers, traveling from countries mentioned, were asked to stay at the quarantine hotel for 7 days at their own expenses.
After a seven-day stay at the Quarantine Hotel, in terms of Covid-19 negative test with the RT-PCR method, it was asked to stay In the quarantine of the house for 7 additional days and sending the person with a positive result to the designated center or hospital, “said the Ministry of Home Affairs Nepal in a statement.
“Considering the spread of the increase in the new variant of Covid-19 (Omicron) was originally found in African countries and gradually spread in European and Asian countries, Nepal (Council of Minister) had decided on November 29, 2021 to regulate the provisions traveled to and From Nepal, “read the statement.
The statement said that the following settings had been made for passenger arrivals from 67 countries in Nepal.
Most European and European countries are included in the list of countries, including Germany, Italy, England, Canada, the United States.
“Management of entries / out of other travelers unless mentioned above will be regulated in accordance with previous notifications from the Immigration Department on September 24, 2021 and December 2, 2021 published in accordance with the order of travel management for travelers who arrived and deported from Nepal 2021,” the statement was added .
The new variant of Covid-19 was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on November 25.
In accordance with who, the first infection confirmed B.1.1.529 came from specimens collected on November 9 this year.
On November 26, the new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, which was detected in South Africa, as ‘omicron’.
WHO has classified Omicron as a ‘worries’ variant.