No routine COVID document checks on arrivals at airport from Monday
Passengers will no longer be subject to COVID-related checks at the arrivals lounge from Monday, putting an end to long queues at the terminal.
Times of Malta is informed that the booths used for this purpose in the arrivals hall will be gone by Monday morning as the health authorities continue to ease pandemic-related restrictions.
The government had already announced that passengers will no longer need to wear masks in indoor public places or fill in passenger-locator forms.
Now, from Monday, their COVID passes will no longer be scanned as a matter of routine either.
The documents will only be checked at the gates before boarding flights to the island.
Those arriving in Malta might, from time to time, still be subject to random checks aimed at making sure they have the required documents.
The latest rules dictate that anyone flying to Malta must either present a vaccine certificate, a negative swab test result or a recovery certificate.
Meanwhile, according to government sources, the contracts of Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) officers tasked with scanning travellers’ COVID documents upon arrival expire at the end of May and will not be renewed.
“MTA staff have been assisting...