<p>Sri Lanka on Wednesday decided to discontinue the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for travellers entering the island nation, officials said.</p>.<p>Travellers to Sri Lanka would be free of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions with the lifting of a circular issued in 2021, Asela Gunawardena, the Director General of Health Services said.</p>.<p>Accordingly, the mandatory requirement of producing the Covid-19 vaccination certificate to enter the country would be no longer needed with effect from Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/no-point-in-economic-reforms-when-we-dont-have-an-economy-sri-lankan-president-wickremesinghe-1169005.html" target="_blank">'No point in economic reforms when we don't have an economy': Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe</a></strong></p>.<p>The mandatory regulation to produce a pre-boarding or on-arrival negative Covid-19 test (PCR/Rapid Antigen Test) (RAT) by any person arriving in Sri Lanka from overseas has also been removed from Wednesday.</p>.<p>Any foreigner who tests positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sri Lanka will be required to isolate for a period of 7 days at a private hospital/hotel/place of residence.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka mandated the carrying of a negative Covid-19 test and proof of vaccination when it opened its borders to foreign arrivals amidst the Covid crisis in 2021.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka on Wednesday decided to discontinue the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for travellers entering the island nation, officials said.</p>.<p>Travellers to Sri Lanka would be free of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions with the lifting of a circular issued in 2021, Asela Gunawardena, the Director General of Health Services said.</p>.<p>Accordingly, the mandatory requirement of producing the Covid-19 vaccination certificate to enter the country would be no longer needed with effect from Wednesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/no-point-in-economic-reforms-when-we-dont-have-an-economy-sri-lankan-president-wickremesinghe-1169005.html" target="_blank">'No point in economic reforms when we don't have an economy': Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe</a></strong></p>.<p>The mandatory regulation to produce a pre-boarding or on-arrival negative Covid-19 test (PCR/Rapid Antigen Test) (RAT) by any person arriving in Sri Lanka from overseas has also been removed from Wednesday.</p>.<p>Any foreigner who tests positive for Covid-19 after arriving in Sri Lanka will be required to isolate for a period of 7 days at a private hospital/hotel/place of residence.</p>.<p>Sri Lanka mandated the carrying of a negative Covid-19 test and proof of vaccination when it opened its borders to foreign arrivals amidst the Covid crisis in 2021.</p>