Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – Persons, planning to visit Uzbekistan by rail or air route, when registering for a flight / train, must present to the company representative a medical document confirming a negative laboratory test of the material for COVID-19, made by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction ). The material must be selected no earlier than 72 hours before departure.

Persons entering the Republic of Uzbekistan through automobile border checkpoints at their own expense undergo an express test for the antigen of coronavirus infection in special clinics or laboratories operating at border checkpoints and will be admitted to the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan only if they provide a certificate of negative result of express test.

Persons arriving from the countries of the "yellow" and "red" zone, fill out a questionnaire-obligation and will be required to comply with 14-day self-isolation at the place of residence or hotel. In this case, persons arriving from countries belonging to the "green" zone category are allowed directly to the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan (except for those who have symptoms of coronavirus infection).

If necessary, tour operators inviting foreign citizens and stateless persons who do not have a permanent place of residence in the Republic of Uzbekistan to the country are obliged to provide representatives of the Border Troops of the State Security Service and the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan with information on persons providing tourist services, and an agreement for the provision of tourist services.

At checkpoints across the state border of the Republic of Uzbekistan, international airports and train stations, as a rule, it is established that tourists entering Uzbekistan from the countries of the "yellow" and "red" zones on their own, without using the services of a tour operator or travel agent, are admitted to the territory of the country on general conditions.

In the case of a positive test result for signs of coronavirus infection upon arrival in the Republic of Uzbekistan, the return of the tourist to the country of residence is carried out in accordance with the current procedure for the carriage of passengers of the respective airlines or other transport companies.