RNA PCR COVID test required for travellers to enter Guyana

Guyana: Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections, the government of Guyana has announced that only fully vaccinated travellers would be allowed to enter the island country.

All the foreign travellers travelling to Guyana would be required to present their vaccination proof upon their arrival. Every fully vaccinated traveller would also have to take a molecular COVID-19 RNA PCR test within the time interval of 72 hours prior to their arrival to the Caribbean island.

The government of Guyana stated that every fully vaccinated traveller would have to follow the COVID-19 travel protocols of the island country and informed that the visitors who have taken mixed required doses of the COVID-19 vaccines would also be considered fully vaccinated against the mutant.

The travellers would also be required to present real-time PCR test results bearing their name at the airline check-in counter and to the Port Health Officer upon their arrival to Guyana island.

Following the statement, the Guyanese government further informed that individuals whose test was taken before 72 hours (3 days) to their arrival or less than seven days would be required to have a second RT-PCR test on their arrival to the Caribbean island.

As per the travel COVID-19 measures of the Guyanese government, the individuals who have RT-PCR test (conducted more than seven days prior to their flight) would not be allowed to board.

Meanwhile, the travellers who have conducted their COVID-19 test prior 72 hours (3 days of their arrival to Guyana) would not be tested on their arrival until the Port Health Officer decides that it is necessary to conduct their coronavirus test based on the signs or symptoms detected at the time or of the travellers who are the suspected cases of COVID-19 infection.

Currently, Guyana has a total of 22,523 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 infection, while around 21,183 individuals have been recovered from the deadly mutant. So far, a total of 541 deaths have been reported in the island country.