- All travelers exiting, entering, or transiting through Ethiopia to all destinations shall be expected to present a digital negative COVID-19 certificate at all points of entry based on the African Union’s Trusted Travel guidelines and the UNDP Global Haven Program. Paper certificates shall cease to be accepted and only AU Trusted Travel or Global Haven program.
- COVID-19 test certificates shall be allowed for exit, transit, and entry from 1 July, 2021.
- Travelers wishing to exit Ethiopia must first visit an authorized laboratory to take an RT PCR COVID-19 test and be issued with Trusted Traveler codes that can be verified by airlines and Port Health authorities across the continent. The travelers will receive a text message from PanaBIOS and an email from the testing laboratory with a link to activate their account on the Trusted Travel PanaBIOS.
- website. In Ethiopia, all authorised RT PCR COVID-19 testing laboratories have already been registered on the African Union TT system.
- The AU Trusted Travel requirement applies to all those traveling within Africa and those traveling from countries with laboratories integrated with the Trusted Travel system.
- The Global Haven platform supports travelers arriving in Africa from places where labs have not yet integrated into the Trusted Travel system.
- Travelers from such places will need to scan their test certificates and upload them into the system.
- The process of enforcement shall commence on 7 June, 2021 and the deadline for compliance is 1 July, 2021. After 1 July, COVID-19 test certificates without an associated TT or TC code shall no longer be valid for exiting, transiting, or entering Ethiopia.
- The new measures come at no extra cost to travelers and have been designed to impose no inconvenience.
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