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The suspension of all [[Air Madagascar]] international commercial flights (long courier and regional) is extended until 31 March 2021. Repatriation flights and freight flights are not affected.
The island of Madagascar Civil Aviation authority ([[Nosy Be]http://www.acm.mg/ Aviation Civile de Madagascar] in ) updated the north list of Madagascar remains open for tourism. Holiday makers can enjoy Nosy Be and its surrounding islands, countries from which passengers are however not allowed to enter embark to Madagascar. The list includes the main islandfollowing 44 countries: ''Africa'' - South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe. ''North America'' - Canada, United States. ''Latin America'' - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama Peru, Uruguay. ''Asia'' - Bangladesh, China, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines. ''Europe'' - Germany, Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. ''Oceania'' - Australia.
Trying to avoid the travel ban by entering Madagascar coming from a non-listed country will not work. The Malagasy government announced they will penalise the airline that brings anyone to Madagascar who started their voyage from one of the banned countries, and the person will be removed from Madagascar at the cost of the airline.
As before, only the island of [[Nosy Be]] in the north of Madagascar remains open for tourism. Holiday makers can enjoy Nosy Be and its surrounding islands, are however not allowed to enter the main island.
'''8 February 2021:''' The number of new positive coronavirus cases in Madagascar is slowly decreasing. In the week of January 30 to February 5, 4 deaths and 295 new cases were confirmed. The deaths occurred in the Anamalanga region (3) and in the Haute Matsiatra region (1). 2,596 tests were performed in the thirteen regions of the country, bringing the positivity rate down to 11.36%. Most of the new positive cases were identified in the Anamalanga region (37), followed by Atsinanana (52), Matsiatra Ambony (18), Vakinankaratra (18), Menabe (17), Vatovavy Fitovinany (7), Boeny (2), Analanjirofo (2), Itasy (2), Atsimo Andrefana (2), Ihorombe (1), SAVA (1). There was also one imported case.
