Travelers from California, Texas and Florida Still Required to Quarantine as Kenya Clears 130 Countries for 'Safe Flights'

The government has updated the list of countries from which travelers are exempted from 14-day quarantine upon arrival in Kenya.

111 more countries have been added to the new list approved by the Ministry of Transport and the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA).

The government had initially cleared 19 countries following the resumption of international flights on August 1st.

Travelers arriving in the country from 130 countries including Afghanistan, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, India, and Russia will not be subject to quarantine.

Neighboring Tanzania, South Sudan, and Somalia did make it to the list alongside Brazil, and South Africa.

All passengers from the US have also been exempted from quarantine except those from the states of California, Texas, and Florida.

Travelers from the 130 approved nations will be required to carry a PCR-based Covid-19 certificate and will only be subjected to a body temperature test.

The cleared countries are deemed to have mild or limited community transmissions or declining incidences of coronavirus.

Below is the full list of the 130 countries.