Zimbabwe: Covid-19 guidelines for travellers!

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA), the tourism governing body in Zimbabwe, has released the current Zimbabwe Tourism Covid 19 Guidelines as at 07 July 2021. All travellers in Zimbabwe are subject to the following conditions:

1. On arrival, passengers are required to complete Health Questionnaires detailling where they have travelled to and providing personal details for Covid-19 tracking purposes.
2. Upon arrival, all travellers are required to present a negative PCR Covid-19 Clearance Certificate issued by a recognized facility within 48 hours from the date of departure.
3. Travellers with fake Covid-19 documents will attract custodial sentences.
4. Travellers coming from high-risk areas of the Covid-19 Alpha and Delta variants shall be quarantined at their own expenses with PCR tests conducted on days 1, 3, 5 and 10.
5. Those departed back to Zimbabwe will be subject to self-quarantine or will be quarantined in identified places.
6. Upon clearance to enter into Zimbabwe, tourists are expected to follow Covid-19 guideles at hospitality and recreation facilities.
7. Domestic tourists are not required to present Covid-19 certificates but are expected to follow Covid-19 guidelies at hospitality and recreation facilities.
8. A dedicated national toll-free "2023" helpline and call centre is available for information about Covid-19 to travellers.
9. On departure tourists can obtain Covid-19 certificates from the approved laboratories.

The following restrictions remain in place to prevent the spreat of Covid-19:

1. Wearing of masks, social distancing, and hand sanitizinh must be observed all times with in public places.
2. Restaurants may only serve customers on a takeaway basis and may not provide seating for waiting customers.
3. Bars attached to hotels and lodges must close by 22:00.
4. Business operating time is the period between 08:00 and 15:30.
5. Curfew is between 18:30 and 06:00.
6. International airports are open to all travellers but land borders remain closed for visitors except commercial traffic, diplomats and returning residents.
   

These Covid-19 guidelines are subject to change depending on the Statutory Instruments issued at a given time period.