(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Citizens from several other countries will be allowed to enter
and exit Azerbaijan by air, following the corresponding resolution
signed by the country's Prime Minister Ali Asadov, Azernews
reports.
Given the requirements of Clauses 2.5-1.1 and 2.5-1.3 of the
mentioned resolution, citizens, stateless persons, and citizens of
other countries permanently residing in Bulgaria, Butane, South
Africa, Guatemala, Lao, Lebanon, Mauritius, Egypt, Myanmar, Nepal,
Paraguay, North Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam will be permitted to
enter and exit Azerbaijan from May 20, 2022.
Earlier Azerbaijan canceled the requirement to submit the result
of PCR testing on COVID-19 for citizens arriving in the
country.
On February 28, 2020, the country confirmed its first COVID-19
case. On March 25, the country implemented a special quarantine
regime and implemented a number of measures to combat COVID-19 in
the country.
Azerbaijan is taking effective measures in the fight against
coronavirus, and four types of COVID-19 vaccines out of nine
existing have been imported to Azerbaijan. The nationwide
vaccination is free and voluntary, and it is in accordance with the
'Vaccination Strategy Against COVID-19 in Azerbaijan for
2021-2022'.
Vaccination has been carried out in Azerbaijan since January 18,
2021, and it is still being carried out successfully. The
epidemiological situation in Azerbaijan remains stable due to the
active participation of the population in vaccination.
The country began vaccinating citizens with China's Sinovac on
January 18, AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria vaccine on May 3, Russia's
Sputnik V on May 18, and Pfizer from the United States on June 7.
From May 10, the country began offering COVID-19 vaccination to
citizens over the age of 18.
Simultaneously, on August 9, Azerbaijan began issuing
vaccination exemption certificates to citizens who have
contraindications to coronavirus vaccines approved for use in the
country.
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