COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Director General of Health Services released amended guidelines for travelers arriving in Sri Lanka. 

Fully vaccinated travelers who are not arriving from a travel restricted country and released from quarantine with an ON-ARRIVAL (Day 01) negative COVID-19 PCR test, do not have to undergo a PCR test on Day 07.

Further, Vietnam has been removed from the list of travel restricted countries.

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