To reduce the risk of spreading coronavirus mutations, flight bans were announced on January 23 for passenger flights from a number of countries. These bans will in any case be extended until Thursday, March 4, 2021.
The cabinet has asked the OMT for advice on a (partial or partial) extension of these bans. The previously established exceptions to this ban for some groups of travellers, including medical personnel, also remain in force.
There is a flight ban for aircraft with passengers from the United Kingdom, Cape Verde, South Africa and countries in Central and South America. New highly contagious variants of the COVID-19 virus are emerging in these countries. The flight ban is there to prevent these new variants from spreading further in the Netherlands.
Countries with a no-fly zone
A flight ban applies to the following countries from January 23, 00.01:XNUMX:
- United Kingdom;
- South Africa; and
- Cape Verde.
The no-fly zone also applies to the following countries in Central and South America:
- Argentina;
- Bolivian;
- Brazil;
- Chili;
- Colombia;
- Dominican Republic;
- Ecuador;
- French Guyana;
- Guyana;
- Panama;
- Paraguayan;
- Peru;
- Surinam;
- Uruguay; and
- Venezuela.
Source: Central government. Nl
