Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 January 2021:
Last Wednesday, President Bio’s government announced that it has revised its process of screening all passengers arriving at the Lungi International Airport, following an alarming increase in the number of reported new cases in the country.
This worrying upsurge in infection rate in Sierra Leone is said to be related to the sharp rise in the number of visitors arriving in the country for the Christmas holiday from abroad.
In a public statement, the government said that: “Effective January 1, 2021, passports of ALL inbound passengers shall be withheld at the Lungi International Airport by the Immigrations Department until a negative Covid-19 PCR certificate is issued”.