South Africa Ebola cases: No reported cases of Ebola Travel restrictions: South Africa has issued a travel ban for all non-citizens travelling from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in an attempt to prevent the spread of Ebola into South Africa. Non-citizens will only be allowed into South Africa when travelling from these high-risk countries if the entry into the country is considered absolutely essential. The South African Department of Health has issued a travel advisory against all but essential travel to Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone. Travel restrictions: The South African Government has advised travellers to avoid all non-essential travel to and from Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone. However, where travel is absolutely essential, permission must be obtained from the relevant authority. In cases where travel between South Africa and the affected high-risk areas is unavoidable, the following procedures must be followed: All intending travellers must request permission to travel from South Africa to the high risk areas or from the high risk areas to South Africa; Permission to travel must be sought from the National Department of Health; All requests from travellers must be addressed to the Director-General: Health, for the attention of Dr Frew Benson and sent to [email protected] or [email protected]; For queries, contact Tel: (012) 395-9367 or (012) 395-9366; The following information must be provided when requesting permission to travel: Full personal details, including residential addresses of South African citizens or in the case of non-South Africans, the address of residence while in South Africa (ie, hotel, etc.); Next of kin details in the case of South African citizens; Full details of the reasons for travel to or from South Africa; The traveller must complete a Traveller Health Questionnaire and submit it with the request to travel; A written response from the National Department of Health will be provided informing the applicant of the outcome of their request to travel; Distance from Ebola outbreak: 5 500km
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:40:10 +0000
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