No need for RT-PCR test for fully vaccinated passengers: Bangladesh
Mar 09, 2022Bangladesh has announced relaxing restrictions on air travel in view of the substantial improvement in the Covid 19 situation in the country. The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) issued a circular announcing that passengers with a complete full dose of WHO approved vaccine can enter Bangladesh with the official proof of vaccination certificate. No RT-PCR based Covid 19 negative certificate will be required from such passengers.
However, travellers without the complete dose of vaccination will require an RT-PCR based Covid 19 negative certificate done within 72 hours of the departure time. The outgoing passenger shall follow the restrictions or requirements imposed by the transit or destination country or by the Airlines, said the CAAB circular. However, irrespective of the vaccination status, if any symptom of Covdi 19 is detected in a traveller, the RT-PCR test will be done.
In case the test is positive, the traveller will be sent to a government nominated facility or hotel at their own cost for isolation. The test will be repeated after 7 days before the traveller is released after testing negative. No RT-PCR negative certificate will be required for incoming passengers below the age of 12 years. However, in case of symptoms, they will also be required to undergo the same health formalities as applicable to the family members on arrival.
The restrictions on seating capacity have also been substantially relaxed. Narrow body aircraft with single aisle will be required to keep the last row of the economy class cabin vacant for any suspected covid patient. For the wide-body double aisle aircraft with seating capacity of upto 300, no more than 95 percent of seats can be filled while for aircraft with more than 300 seating capacity, they can fill up 90 percent of the total seats.
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