CONDITIONS FOR TRAVEL TO KENYA DURING THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

The Government of Kenya has updated its Coronavirus travel guidelines as follows:

– With effect from 11th March 2022, all passengers arriving into Kenya through any point of entry must have a certificate of COVID-19 vaccination with the exception of the following categories of travellers:

  • Travelers with medical conditions precluding vaccination. Such persons shall be required to provide a letter from a recognized medical practitioner detailing the medical reason precluding vaccination.
  • Travelers who have recovered from an active COVID-19 infection or received convalescent plasma in the preceding 90 days. Such persons shall be required to provide a letter from a recognized medical practitioner showing that the person may have recovered from an active infection in the preceding 90 days.
  • Returning unvaccinated Kenyans who have difficulty accessing vaccines in their current country of residence. Such persons must be prepared to be vaccinated immediately upon arrival and must register for vaccination on Chanjo-Ke platform before departure. Proof of registration in the platform shall be required before entry in to the country.

 – All travellers coming to Kenya who are fully vaccinated shall be exempt from the requirement of a PCR test.

 – All eligible unvaccinated travellers arriving at any port of entry into Kenya, must be in possession of a valid COVID-19 negative PCR test certificate conducted within 72 hours before departure regardless of the route of entry. Children below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this requirement.

Unvaccinated travellers arriving at any point of entry shall be subjected to rapid antigen test at their own cost of 30 USD. Any person who test positive on antigen RDT will be subjected to PCR test at their own further cost of 50 USD and self-isolate. Travelers below the age of five (5) years are exempt from this testing requirement.

– There will be no paper verification of COVID-19 test results and vaccination certificates upon arrival into Kenya. Airlines should ensure that all travellers have uploaded both documents into global haven before boarding via www.globalhaven.org

– -All travellers will be expected to fill the passenger locator form on the “Jitenge” platform.platform for 14 consecutive days while in Kenya.

– Passengers travelling out of Kenya will be required to abide by the particular travel, health and COVID-19 related requirements of the destination country.

Pre-departure testing may be considered at the discretion of any of the airlines departing from or terminating in Kenya.

All travellers to countries requiring antigen testing hours before travel will be required to undertake pre-travel rapid antigen test at the MOH Port Health facility at the airport and the results uploaded to the Trusted Travel www.globalhaven.org

KENYA EMBASSY SPAIN MARCH 2022

A simplified guide on how to obtain the TT code can be found on the link below:

http://www.kenyaembassyspain.es/wp-content/uploads/Travel_Guide_Simplified_Kenya_MOH_combined_version-2.pdf

Click on the following link to obtain the Travel Surveillance Form: https://ears.health.go.ke/airline_registration/

Click on the following link to obtain the Travel Surveillance Form: https://ears.health.go.ke/airline_registration/

IMPORTANT NOTICE: FOR KENYANS LIVING IN SPAIN-