Vaccination Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/vaccination/ Latest news and insights from the aviation and travel industry in Africa Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://airspace-africa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-African-Airspace-Logo-Favicon-01-32x32.png Vaccination Archives - Airspace Africa https://airspace-africa.com/tag/vaccination/ 32 32 Ghana sets Heavy Fine for Airlines Carrying Unvaccinated and Covid-Positive Passengers to the Country https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/15/ghana-sets-heavy-fine-for-airlines-carrying-unvaccinated-and-covid-positive-passengers-to-the-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ghana-sets-heavy-fine-for-airlines-carrying-unvaccinated-and-covid-positive-passengers-to-the-country https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/15/ghana-sets-heavy-fine-for-airlines-carrying-unvaccinated-and-covid-positive-passengers-to-the-country/#respond Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:53:18 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=4659 Ghana’s main international airport Kotoka International Airport is set to fine airlines $3,500 for every passenger found to be unvaccinated against Covid-19, or who tests positive for the virus upon arrival, the airport’s operator said on Monday. The rule comes into effect on Tuesday at Kotoka International Airport in the capital, Accra, and follows the [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/12/15/ghana-sets-heavy-fine-for-airlines-carrying-unvaccinated-and-covid-positive-passengers-to-the-country/feed/ 0 Nine Month Covid Certificate Validity Sets Bad Precedent for the already Fragile Recovery of Travel. IATA Calls for Caution https://airspace-africa.com/2021/11/27/nine-month-covid-certificate-validity-sets-bad-precedent-for-the-already-fragile-recovery-of-travel-iata-calls-for-caution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nine-month-covid-certificate-validity-sets-bad-precedent-for-the-already-fragile-recovery-of-travel-iata-calls-for-caution https://airspace-africa.com/2021/11/27/nine-month-covid-certificate-validity-sets-bad-precedent-for-the-already-fragile-recovery-of-travel-iata-calls-for-caution/#respond Sat, 27 Nov 2021 04:53:35 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=4404 The global travel protocol around Covid-19 remains uncoordinated and ever changing. This is presenting itself as a huge risk to the recovery of air travel across the world. The latest headache comes from Europe where a 9 month validity period for the Covid vaccination certificate is being called for. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) [...]

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]]> https://airspace-africa.com/2021/11/27/nine-month-covid-certificate-validity-sets-bad-precedent-for-the-already-fragile-recovery-of-travel-iata-calls-for-caution/feed/ 0 IATA Warns Against Prohibitive Costs of Testing, Recommends WHO Guidelines https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/22/iata-warns-against-prohibitive-costs-of-testing-recommends-who-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iata-warns-against-prohibitive-costs-of-testing-recommends-who-guidelines https://airspace-africa.com/2021/07/22/iata-warns-against-prohibitive-costs-of-testing-recommends-who-guidelines/#respond Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:51:37 +0000 https://airspace-africa.com/?p=2559 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on governments to take action to address the high cost of COVID-19 tests in many jurisdictions and urged flexibility in permitting the use of cost-effective antigen tests as an alternative to more expensive PCR tests. IATA also recommended governments adopt recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidance to consider [...]

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