Bahamas Travel & Mask Restrictions Lifted
Date Posted: October 17, 2022
Source: Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM)

The Bahamas - All Covid related travel restrictions have been lifted. ​Negative Covid tests are no longer required for Unvaccinated Travelers. 

  • Bahamas Travel Health Visas will no longer be required to enter The Bahamas. 
  • ​Vaccinated Travelers will no longer need Covid 19 tests to enter The Bahamas. 
  • All mask mandates for travelers are eliminated as of October 1, 2022. 

People will no longer be required to wear a mask in the country except for those accessing healthcare facilities, visiting senior care homes or in an indoor classroom setting.

Prime Minister Phillip "Brave" Davis announced further relaxations to the country's mask mandate on his Twitter account yesterday.

He said adjustments to the mask mandate were recommended by the advisory committee at the Ministry of Health and Wellness yesterday.

While mask wearing is not currently required in outdoor settings, it is still largely required indoors. However, once the new policy takes effect, mask wearing will not be required in most settings.

In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Health explained the cases where mask wearing will still be required.

They include people accessing a health care facility for any reason, including workers, patients, visitors and vendors or any non-resident worker of a long-term care residential facility.

Mask wearing is also required "in any indoor classroom setting in an educational institution, except where Rule 27 (20 of the Health Services Rules (COVID) Prevention and Management of Community Spread 2021)" applies.

Despite the upcoming change in policy, officials said some Bahamians might still choose to wear masks in crowded settings and added that their decision to do so should be respected.

The mask mandates are among the few restrictive measures still being enforced in the country.

Plans to further relax the country's mask measures were hailed by many, especially those in the tourism sector who have long been calling for an end to the restriction.

 More information on Bahamas travel and entry protocols can be found at https://www.bahamas.com/travelupdates.

 

 

 

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