One month after they started relaxing entry rules, the Norwegian authorities have announced that entry restrictions would be resumed and extended until further notice. This means that entry quarantine will be resumed for high-risk countries (red, dark red, purple and grey) due to the spike of COVID-19 positive cases.
According to a press release issued by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, TISK or testing, isolation, infection detection, and quarantine will continue being applied in the country, despite it previously announcing that the country has entered a reopening phase, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
“We will not proceed to phase two in the phasing out of entry measures but will keep the measures we have now until further notice,” the Minister of Health, Ingvild Kjerkol, said.
Following this decision, unvaccinated and unrecovered travellers coming from the red, dark red, grey and purple countries are obliged to:
- Register and take a PCR test upon arrival
- Quarantine for ten days after entering the country
However, the quarantine time can be shortened by taking a test no earlier than the third day of isolation. In comparison to previous entry restrictions, travellers could get tested to end the isolation only after the seventh day of the quarantine period.
At present, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria are placed on the dark red list. On the other hand, red list countries include the following:
- Ireland
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Poland
- Austria
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Croatia
- Bulgaria
- Greece
- Cyprus
- Swedish regions of Norrbotten, Vaestmanland and Stockholm
- Finnish regions of Norra Oesterbottens, Norra Savolax, Mellersta Oesterbottens, Syd-Oesterbottens, Mellersta Finlands, Birkalands, Paijat-Hame, Egentliga Finlands and Helsing och Nylands.
Orange and green countries, which include the remaining countries in the EU, don’t have to quarantine upon arrival.
Furthermore, children under 18 years old are not required to quarantine upon arrival, regardless of their country of origin, but the obligation to get tested upon arrival remains effective.
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The Minister also noted that infection rates are surging in many countries as well as domestically, which means that is not the right time to proceed with full border reopening.
“We also see that the infection rates are increasing somewhat domestically and therefore do not want to make further relief now, but assess the situation on an ongoing basis. We pay special attention to hospital admissions and the situation in the health and care service,” Minister Kjerkol said.
As per the local situation, the Norwegian Directorate of Health and the National Institute of Public Health are still discussing the possible introduction of measures in collaboration with the municipalities, hospitals and based on the incidence rate of outbreaks.
According to the World Health Organisation, 477 positive cases with COVID-19 have been registered in Norway in the last 24 hours. About 91.8 per cent of Norwegians have received the first shot of the vaccine, whereas 87.2 per cent of the adult population in the country is fully vaccinated against Coronavirus.
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