Although Ukrainians are already free to enter Europe with a COVID-certificate in the “Action” application, to travel to Egypt, even after vaccination against coronavirus, you will have to take the PCR test “in the old way”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate \u2013 September 17, 2021 \u2013 Tourism and Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tourist experts claim that local border guards do not recognize either paper or electronic documents issued in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Egyptian law, when crossing the border, tourists <\/a>must provide either a printed vaccination document (with a QR code) or a negative PCR test result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the problem is that on paper COVID-certificates of the Ukrainian sample there is no QR-code, and the code in “Action” is not read by devices of frontier guards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Currently, Egypt only accepts certificates that are issued in printed form with signatures and seals and with a mandatory QR-code. As Ukrainian-style certificates do not have a QR-code, tourists must enter the PCR test for coronavirus to enter Egypt.”, – stated about it in the Egyptian embassy in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The diplomats stressed that “the QR-code in the electronic application<\/a>” Action “currently cannot be used to enter the territory of Egypt.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Against this background, travelers are advised to do a PCR test no earlier than 72 hours before the planned trip, regardless of whether they were vaccinated or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The country has eased coronavirus <\/a>restrictions since July, allowing theaters, concert halls, amusement parks, casinos, nightclubs, and discos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n