Nepal makes Covid-19 negative report mandatory for all international arrivals

KATHMANDU: Nepal again has made the COVID-19 negative reports mandatory for all international passengers, the country's national flag carrier announced on Sunday.

Issuing a notice to all the passengers, the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines said that passengers arriving from the international sector mandatorily must present COVID-19 international certificate or COVID-19 PCR negative report. "We have come to this decision in wake of the rising COVID-19 cases worldwide," Ganesh Kumar Ghimire, joint spokesperson at Nepal Airlines said. According to the official, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) made this decision earlier on December 23, 2022.

"CAAN made the decision to mandatorily present the Covid-19 international certificate or PCR negative report. We have issued the notice as per the decision of the regulatory body," Ghimire added. (ANI)