Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan’s nerve centre monitoring COVID-19 situation, on Tuesday announced the lifting of ban on all Pakistanis stranded in the countries that fall in ‘C Category’ and allowed them to return to Pakistan by December 31.
Those Pakistani nationals who have either a valid National Identity Card of Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) or Pakistan Origin Card (POC) can travel to Pakistan without exemption, said the NCOC in a tweet on Tuesday.
They, however, have to provide proof of vaccination, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test and pre-boarding (maximum 48 hours) and mandatory quarantine (for countries hit with Omicron variant), the NCOC made it clear.
According to the NCOC, the following countries fall in the ‘C’ category list: Croatia, Hungary, Netherlands, Ukraine, Ireland, Slovenia, Vietnam, Poland, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Botswana and Namibia.
Travel is banned from these countries but under certain conditions and after fulfilling some requirements travellers can be allowed.
The NCOC has also noted that since vaccinations for ages 15 to 18 had not started in some countries, the condition of mandatory full vaccination for that age group was being extended from December 1 to January 31.
Last week, the NCOC had added nine more countries to Category C while reviewing the global COVID-19 situation amid fears of Omicron’s global spread.
It had allowed stranded Pakistanis to return till Dec 15.
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