Algeria Scraps Quarantine Rule Concerning Returning Citizens

The Algerian authorities have scrapped the quarantine period for people arriving in the country despite an alleged surge in coronavirus infections.

All arrivals are now only required to present a negative PCR test taken in the last 36 hours, and take a new one on arrival.

Since 1 June all those arriving to Algeria were being requested to self-isolate for five days in a hotel, which they would have to pay for.

Many Algerians returning to the country from abroad were angered by the measures and criticised the services offered at some of the hotels designated for quarantine.

The new measures are designed to ease the return of thousands of Algerians stranded abroad.