Entry ban in one country, compulsory test in another ... For several weeks, restrictive measures have returned to Europe, faced with the rebound of the epidemic.
On the Old Continent, the number of cases has indeed been rising in recent weeks but, for the moment, not the number of deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is worried about a relaxation, in particular for young people.
In any case, getting around has rarely been so complicated. Are you lost? We take stock of the rules in force at the borders. Be careful if you travel: the country you come from takes precedence over your nationality. In other words, all restrictive measures may be imposed on you.
Those who impose a quarantine
With this decision, the United Kingdom stung Paris to the quick. From now on, travelers from France will have to remain confined at home for fourteen days. The same goes for people returning from the Netherlands and Malta. Italy imposes the same treatment on travelers who have stayed in or transited through Bulgaria or Romania in the 14 days preceding their arrival in Italy.
Germany has classified a European country, Spain, with the exception of the Canary Islands, which are popular with German tourists, in countries at risk. It made quarantine and testing on arrival mandatory.
All travelers returning from a country outside the Schengen area and the European Union must undergo a quarantine and test in Belgium . It is also mandatory for travelers returning from Malta, parts of Bulgaria, Romania, Spain and Leicester, England.
The situation is getting more complicated in Finland . A ten-day quarantine and not 14 days is imposed on all travelers returning from a country outside the European Union. “Entry quarantine conditions do not apply to travelers who reside in EU / EEA / Schengen Area countries with less than 20 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last two weeks, and less than five for one hundred positive tests on average per week over the past two weeks ”, we can read on the website of the European Commission.
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Since August 10, travelers from Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Poland and Switzerland have been subject to a mandatory quarantine upon entering Lithuania .
France is also among the countries to avoid according to Norway . The country imposes confinement on travelers returning from Paris, for ten days. Sweden, Iceland, Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Croatia, Spain and Portugal are also concerned.
In Ireland , only travelers returning from Estonia, Finland, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Slovakia can enter the country without restrictions. The others are all subject to a fortnight.
The Greece decided to carry out random tests in airports and ports. In the event of a positive result, travelers are contacted and placed in a 14-day quarantine, the expenses covered by the Greek state.
Those who impose a negative test on arrival
Athens will impose from August 17 travelers from Bulgaria, Romania and Malta, Sweden, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic a negative result of the RT-PCR test, carried out up to 72 hours before entering Greece .
In Austria , people who have stayed in Spain and Sweden during the last ten days before entering the country must present a medical certificate attesting to a negative PCR test carried out less than 72 hours previously.
Ditto for Cyprus , which requires a negative PCR test dating back less than 72 hours, to be sent within 24 hours before entering the territory.
Those who close their borders to other countries
The Lithuania denies access to its territory for travelers from Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sweden .
Finally, travelers from Spain and Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Romania and Andorra will need a "valid" reason to enter Denmark .
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