Last Updated on March 19, 2020, 2:27 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The foreign nationals stuck in Haiti would now be able to go home. This news has come in the wake of the fact that Haiti has allowed certain aeroplanes to come in empty and pick foreign nationals and take them to their respective nationalities.
Haiti was forced by the local embassies and other concerned people to amend the country’s border closure raised concerns about the people who were foreign nationals and were not able to leave Haiti.
Haitian Foreign Minister, Claude Joseph while speaking at a press conference, said that aeroplanes would be allowed to fly empty into the country and to pick up foreign nationals who want to leave the county.
He added that the Foreign Ministry is working with diplomatic from other countries in Haiti to enable and allow their nationals who want to leave Haiti to go back to their nations.
He further said that the international flight would remain as it is. Yet, certain flights from Cuba would be allowed to land. He also noted that the authorisation given to the US flight is the result of Haiti’s agreement with the US.
It was reported that JetBlue had cancelled its flights which flew daily into Port-au-Prince from Fort Lauderdale and the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, also certain flights from Orlando and Boston.
It has also been reported that the Government’s medical clearance requirement for the passengers coming into Haiti is almost impossible to if someone had been hospitalised or been in contact with a person infected with the virus.
However, the airline has not given any specific clarification regarding the matter. The Government of Haiti has also not responded to the inquiries about the fact that whether it is seeking the documentation from the passengers or not.
To date, Haiti has no confirmed case of the coronavirus COVID-19.
However, on Wednesday, the officials said that they a suspected case of COVID-19 coronavirus is under examination in northeast Haiti.
The suspected person is a university professor who returned from the United States and told the authorities that he was not feeling well. The suspected has already placed himself under self-quarantine.
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