Faced with the appearance of a new variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 called “Ómicron” (B.1.1.529), identified as a variant “of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), with rapid dissemination, isolating cases in several countries of the world, it is decided to apply new reinforcement measures in the control of international travelers.
Travelers from: South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Malawi and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), upon entering Cuba must meet the following requirements:
Present a complete vaccination schedule at the point of entry.
The negative result of an RT-PCR performed at most 72 hours prior to the trip.
A sample collection for SARS-CoV-2 PCR-RT will be performed at the point of entry.
Compulsory quarantine will be applied to them for seven days in a hotel destined for this purpose, with the traveler assuming the costs of accommodation and transportation.
A new sample will be taken for SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR on the sixth day, and if negative, they will be discharged from quarantine on the seventh day.
In the case of travelers from Belgium, Israel, Hong Kong, Egypt, Turkey and the rest of the Sub-Saharan African countries (Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Santo Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Djibouti and Zambia).
The same measures will be applied to them as in the previous countries with the exception of quarantine and RT-PCR on the sixth day.
The measures will take effect from December 4, 2021.
Ministry of Public Health of Cuba