The minister of health Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has announced a new set of rules travellers must live by in a fresh bid by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus.
A new COVID-19 strain that looks to be more contagious was seen in the UK last month and has begun to spread around the world.
The government in its bid to prevent the new strain from arriving in the country has now introduced new rules.
The health minister in a statement on Tuesday said the new rules will go into effect on 9 January and they will target travellers.
“These travellers must undergo mandatory quarantine at their own cost,” the minister said, adding they will also have to undergo new COVI9-19 test upon their arrival in the conuntry.
The travellers must also have certificates that show they’re COVID-19 negative four days before their travel into the country.
Twenty-five countries have been listed and people travelling from these countries will be affected. United Kingdom, Belgium. Italy, US, France, Spain and Sweden are all part of the list.
