Approved List of States Exempted from Quarantine in Kenya

Following resumption of international passenger flights in and outside Nairobi, Kenyan government has drawn a list of countries and territories that shall be exempted from the mandatory quarantine that has come with post Covid.

Many countries are subjecting travellers to a lengthened coronavirus vetting including mandatory quarantine thereby discouraging travels and that’s what Kenya is now avoiding.

This move is expected to boost tourism and international guests streaming into the country.

TRAVELLERS FROM THE FOLLOWING APPROVED STATES AND TERRITORIES WILL BE EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINE:

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Angola
4. Anguilla
5. Antigua and Barbuda
6. Australia
7. Austria
8. Azerbaijan
9. Bahamas
10.Bahrain 11. Barbados 12. Belgium 13. Belize
14. Bermuda
15. Bhutan 16.Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
17. Botswana
18.British Virgin Islands
19. Brunei Darussalam
20. Bulgaria
21. Cambodia
22. Canada
23.Cayman Islands 24. China
25. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
26. Croatia
27. Cuba
28. Curaçao
29. Cyprus
30. Czechia
31. Denmark
32. Djibouti
33. Dominica
34. Egypt
35. Eritrea
36. Estonia
37. Ethiopia
38. Falkland Islands(Malvinas)
39. Faroe Islands 40. Fiji
41. Finland
42. France

43.French Polynesia

44. Gambia
45. Georgia
46. Germany
47. Gibraltar
48. Greece
49. Greenland
50. Grenada
51. Guadeloupe
52. Guam
53. Guyana
54. Holy See
55. Hungary
56. India
57. Ireland 58.Isle of Man 59. Italy
60. Jamaica
61. Japan
62. Jordan
63. Kazakhstan

64. Kuwait
65. Kyrgyzstan

66.Lao People’s Democratic Republic

67. Latvia
68. Lebanon
69. Lesotho
70. Libya
71. Liechtenstein 72. Malaysia
73. Maldives

74. Malta
75. Martinique

76. Mauritius

77. Mayotte
78. Monaco
79. Mongolia

80. Montenegro

81. Montserrat

82. Morocco

83. Myanmar

84. Namibia
85. Netherlands

86. New Caledonia
87. New Zealand
88. North Macedonia
89. Norway
90. Pakistan
91. Papua New Guinea
92. Poland
93. Portugal
94. Qatar
95. Réunion
96. Russian
Federation
97. Rwanda
98. Saint Barthélemy
99. Saint Kitts and Nevis
100. Saint Lucia
101. Saint Martin
102. Saint Pierre
and Miquelon
103. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

104. Sao Tome and Principe

105. Saudi Arabia
106. Seychelles

107. Singapore

108. Slovakia

109. Slovenia

110. South Korea

111. Spain
112. Sri Lanka
113. Suriname
114. Sweden
115. Switzerland

116. Tajikistan
117. Thailand

118. The United States of America (except for California, Florida and Texas)
119. Timor-Leste

120. Trinidad and Tobago
121. Tunisia

122. Turkey

123. Turks and Caicos Islands

124. Uganda
125. United Arab Emirates
126. United Kingdom
127. Uruguay

128. Uzbekistan

129. Viet Nam

130. Zimbabwe

Noticeably, Tanzania which has been having wrangles with Kenya has been excluded from the list furthering the existing diplomatic impasse that has rocked the two neighbors. From the list, it’s safe to say that Kenya has basically opened its borders to all the friendly countries that they’ve been working with.

Despite Kenya’s COVID-19 cases soaring, the state is determined to get things back to normalcy given the big hit that the virus has dealt to the economy and many companies Golding their carpets.