The government has said in a new travel advisory isolation of travellers coming into the country is no longer tenable except in situations where someone is sick with coronavirus.
The government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh said in a statement on Friday: “As The Gambia Government gradually relaxes various restrictions based on the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, all intending travellers to the country are reminded of these facts: the State of Public Emergency (SoPE) effectively expired by midnight on the 17th September, 2020 and His Excellency, President Adama Barrow has subsequently lifted the nightly curfew. The SoPE is therefore, not extended; equally, all markets throughout The Gambia, regardless of the category of goods they sell have since been permitted to open for business; the two-week mandatory quarantine is abolished. Instead, the evidence of 72-hour COVID Negative Test prior to departure is required for travellers destined to The Gambia; isolation is no longer tenable except where the passenger is COVID-positive.
“All citizens and residents of The Gambia as well as prospective visitors shall adhere to the COVID-19 guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and ‘The Public Health Emergency Act (Dangerous Infectious Diseases) Protection Regulations, 2020’ of the Ministry Health.”
