COVID-19 Testing Requirements Globally

Travellers are exempt from testing or self-isolation upon entry to Denmark if they are fully vaccinated with a recognised vaccine or previously infected.

Read below about the requirements to be recognised as fully vaccinated or previously infected.

If you are neither fully vaccinated or previously infected

• If you are neither fully vaccinated or previously infected you need to be aware of how the country you are travelling from is as a EU- or Schengen country, a COVID-19 risk country, COVID-19 high-risk countries and countries with variants of concern:
• If you are travelling from an EU- or Schengen country you must be tested within 24 hours after entering Denmark unless you can document either a negative antigen test taken no more than 48 hours before the date of entry, or a negative PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before the date of entry.
• If you are travelling from a COVID-19 risk country you must be tested within 24 hours after entering Denmark.
• If you are travelling from a COVID-19 high risk country you must be tested within 24 hours after entering Denmark and self-isolate without undue delay at a self-isolation site for 10 days, and as a general rule you may not leave the self-isolation site before the end of the period. This also applies even if you have tested negative for COVID-19 before or within 24 hours after entering Denmark. You may break the self-isolation if you get a negative PCR test result taken no earlier than the sixth day after the date of entering Denmark.

Please note that special rules apply if you have stayed in countries, regions and areas with variants of concern within the past 10 days (currently there are no such countries, regions or areas).

Click here for more information:

https://en.coronasmitte.dk/travel-rules/new-mandatory-testing-and-isolation-requirements

Starting from today, February 15, vaccinated arrivals from all countries are permitted to visit Finland, exempted from additional testing requirements.

Vaccines approved for entry to Finland include the following:

• Comirnaty Pfizer-BioNTech by BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH
• Spikevax, formerly Moderna by Moderna Biotech Spain, SL
• Vaxzevria, formerly AstraZeneca by AstraZeneca Ab
• Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) by Janssen – Cilag International NV
• BIBP / Sinopharm by Beijing Institute of Biological Products
• COVISHIELD by Serum Institute of India
• CoronaVac by Sinovac Life Sciences
• Covaxin
• Nuvaxovid
• Covovax

On the other hand, unvaccinated travellers are permitted to enter Finland only on special permission, which does not include tourism.

For more information click here

Faced with the new phase of the pandemic characterized, in most countries, by the predominance of the Omicron variant and a high level of vaccination, the Government has decided to lighten this health control system at the borders, particularly for vaccinated travellers.

Thus, from February 12, 2022, the following rules will apply at borders:

• For travelers vaccinated within the meaning of European regulations, no more tests will be required on departure. Proof of a complete vaccination schedule becomes sufficient to arrive in France, regardless of the country of origin, as was the case before the distribution of the Omicron variant.
• For unvaccinated travellers, the obligation to present a negative test to travel to France remains, but the measures on arrival (test, isolation) are lifted when they come from countries on the “green” list, characterized by a moderate circulation of the virus.
• When unvaccinated travelers come from a country on the “orange” list, they must continue to present a compelling reason justifying the need for them to come to mainland France and may still be subject to a random test on arrival. Travelers who test positive will have to isolate themselves, in accordance with the recommendations of the Health Insurance.

For more information visit: Covid 19 : International travel | Ministère de l’Intérieur (interieur.gouv.fr)

The Portuguese authorities have confirmed that the country will lift the requirement to present a negative COVID-19 test result taken before arrival.

Announcing the new relaxed entry rules that are soon to become effective, the government said that pre-entry tests would no longer be required from travellers who hold a valid EU COVID-19 Digital Certificate or any other proof of vaccination that is already recognised for travel.

This suggests that not only travellers from the European Union and Schengen Area but also those from third countries whose vaccination certificates are recognised in Portugal will be exempt from the testing requirement. Nonetheless, the government and the responsible ministry are yet to reveal further data regarding third-country nationals.

Effective 22 January 2022, the government of Switzerland is no longer requiring travelers who have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 to present a negative PCR or rapid antigen test before entering Switzerland. Unvaccinated travelers will still be required to undergo testing prior to entering the country. All travelers who have entered Switzerland will no longer be required to undergo follow-up testing on day four or day seven of arrival.

What are the Changes?

The government of Switzerland updated its travel entrance policies due to limited testing capacity within the country. Fully vaccinated travelers or travelers who have recovered from COVID-19 will no longer be required to undergo testing prior to entering Switzerland.

For more information click here.