• The United States of America added a new restriction on the entry of passengers who have transited or have been in Brazil in the past 14 days, effective from 28th May 2020.

• As of 27th May 2020, Japan added new restrictions on passenger and airline crew that have been in or transited through Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ghana, Guinea, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, South Africa, and Tajikistan in the past 14 days.

• The Kingdom of Eswatini shifted from a 14-day quarantine for all arriving passengers to a total passenger ban, except for nationals and residents of Eswatini who must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

• Indefinite extensions of flight suspensions and passenger bans were issued by Niger and Israel, respectively.

• The Central African Republic announced airport closures and issued new exceptions to the entry of emergency flights; technical landings; humanitarian, medical evacuation and return flights as well as flights with a special authorization.

• Suspension of air travel was issued by Guinea-Bissau and new exceptions were issued for emergency flights; humanitarian, medical and rescue flights; technical stops without passenger disembarkation and other operational flights related to security.

• New requirements for conditional entry of passengers that are exempt from current restrictions were issued by Portugal, requiring that passengers that are allowed to enter and arrive in Madeira must comply with a mandatory quarantine period of 14 days and must fill an online health form 24 to 48 hours prior to their journey whereas passengers arriving in Azores are subject to medical screening and quarantine. However, these conditions for quarantine do not apply to passengers if they provide a medical certificate issued by an accredited laboratory to prove COVID-19 negative testing result issued within 72 hours prior to travel.

• France has issued a voluntary 14 day self-quarantine in effect from 25th May 2020 for those passengers arriving from outside the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the European Union (except for Spain where arrivals by air will be required to self-quarantine), Andorra, the Holy See, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Norway and Switzerland.

• The resumption of flights was announced by Ecuador from 1st June 2020, under the condition that passengers provide a negative COVID-19 test valid for no longer than 72 hours prior to travel. Cyprus announced plans to resume some flights from 9th to 19th June 2020, passengers will be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test valid for no longer than 72 hours prior to travel.
• Republic of Korea issued conditions for foreign nationals to re-enter the country including providing a medical certificate issued within 48 hours of travel indicating the absence of COVID-19 symptoms.

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This update includes an overview, key highlights on restrictions and exceptions.

The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions and restrictions.

Data collected includes:

1. Date of restriction
2. Country of Restriction
3. Countries on which restrictions were imposed
4. Type of restriction- total restriction, or conditional restriction – such as medical/ and or visa restriction

This DTM-Covid19 Travel Restrictions Output presents an analysis based on country imposing, country being imposed upon, and the aggregation of the restriction type. The aim of the data analysis is to provide an overview of the COVID-19 outbreak on global mobility and to help identify and develop response.

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Data Source: IATA and official government websites.

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Please find the full report below for more details.