Rwandair to Resume Flights to Southern Africa

The national carrier, RwandAir, has announced the resumption of flights to Southern Africa starting December 23. <br />The decision to temporarily ban flights between Kigali and the Southern African region as part of the new measures to control the Omicron variant of Covid-19 from spreading into the country was announced on November 28. <br />Among the new travel directives to curb the spread, arriving or departing passengers at Kigali International Airport must present a negative Covid-19 PCR test taken 72 hours prior to departure, and a three-day mandatory quarantine at designated hotels. <br />Preliminary data suggest the Omicron variant is more infectious than the Delta, over the past few days, reported a surge in the number of positive cases per day, as of December 19, a total of 169 cases were recorded.