Air : Borders closed or not ?

Last Wednesday, The Council of Ministers enacted the closure of borders for any traveler from abroad. Portant, we can read in an article of Madagascar Express that an Air France flight crowded by passengers landed at Ivato Airport, yesterday. Therefore, the question is valid. Air : Borders closed or not ?

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According to information from journalists, 284 passengers were on the brink of the airline of the Air France company which landed yesterday at Ivato Airport.

This fact has aroused outcry from public opinion. Actually, The Council of Ministers enacted this Wednesday that "No more traveler coming abroad can enter Madagascar, Whatever his place of departure ”. This, To protect the country against the propagation of variants of the coronavirus. Already that the South African Viring of COVVI-19 is wreaking havoc, All fear the risk of an incursion of the Brazilian variant and the Indian variant.

Cases of these particularly deadly variants are already reported in Europe.

Ministry explanations

The Minister of Transport, Madagascar's tourism and meteorology, Joel Radriamranto, tried to calm the game by advancing explanations.

He maintains that The flight of yesterday obtained an authorization long before the presidential speech of the 18 April. He also confirmed that all the passengers of the plane are Malagasy or resident diplomats in Madagascar.

Only, The decision taken in the Council of Ministers is bluntly. In its Malagasy version, including, The words used imply an immediate effect of the measurement. It makes no distinction between Malagasy citizen, resident, or tourist.

The last flight landing in Madagascar

And the Minister has assured, yesterday, that it is of the last flight landing in Madagascar, With passengers on board. That they embarked with A negative PCR test and were new PCR tested on arrival.

He attests, also, that they have directly transferred all passengers to two hotels for a strict quarantine, until they know the results of their test.

Imperious reasons

The Director of Communication and Public Relations of the Presidency of the Republic, indicates that these are Respect an agreement already acted. In this period of state of health emergency, All special measures enacted by the State are actually motivated by the concern of preserving public health.

Air : Borders closed or not ?

The facts of yesterday, However, showed the confidence of public opinion in the intransigence of the authorities on the application of health measures. The doubts about the fact that they are the last travelers to land in the country abound. Border closure has, all the more, already been enacted for several weeks. But there have always been exemptions. Experience since the start of the health crisis confirms, Furthermore, concerns about the quarantine.

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