In Egypt, the hunt for tourists with fake certificates has begun today: tourists with fake tests and other “antique” documents in Egypt are threatened with serious measures of influence, up to deportation.
We will remind that since January 22, 2022 for entrance to the territory of Egypt tourists need to have with themselves:
certificate of vaccination with a vaccine approved by the WHO or the Ministry of Health of the EEA
or a negative test (PCR or Antigen Rapid Test or ID NOW) for coronavirus infection, performed no more than 72 hours before crossing the border (for persons over 12 years).
The following warning for tourists was issued as a separate item. Verification of “antique” documents is carried out at all airports in resort towns – such resorts as Sharm el-Sheikh, Taba, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, as well as Luxor and Aswan. “If the Egyptian authorities have doubts about the authenticity of the documents presented for vaccination, test or their absence, an express test Antigen Rapid Test.
If the test is positive, the visitor will be isolated for 5 days in the booked hotel with re-testing by PCR on the 6th day of stay. If the test result is positive again, it is kept for an additional 5 days of isolation in the hotel, after which the quarantine is completed without additional testing, “the embassy said. All data manipulation in this case – that is, all testing, isolation in the hotel and return to their country is carried out at the expense of the person arriving.
In Cairo, tourists are simply “deployed.” More precisely, “If the Egyptian authorities have doubts about the authenticity of vaccination documents or tests presented, arriving in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria must pass a rapid test Antigen Rapid Test. If coronavirus infection is detected, re-testing of ID NOW is performed. If it is positive, then the person goes back to the country from which he came. ”
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