The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is introducing a duty to complete travel quarantine for Hungary, Norrbotten in Sweden, and three regions in Finland.
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The changes entered into effect on Monday 18 October at 12 am.
Travel quarantine will only apply to travellers arriving from red, dark red, purple, and grey countries who do not have a valid COVID 19 certificate.
Children and young people under the age of 18 are exempt from travel quarantine, regardless of the country they arrive from. In addition, travel quarantine may be shortened for all travellers if they present a negative result from a PCR test taken no sooner than 3 days after arrival.
The duty to stay at a quarantine hotel in order to complete quarantine was removed on Saturday 25 September.
The following countries will continue not to require travel quarantine (same requirements for green and orange countries):
Green:
Malta and Liechtenstein
Orange:
Andorra, France, Italy, Iceland, Cyprus, Monaco, the Netherlands, Poland (changed from green), Portugal, San Marino, Spain, the Czech Republic (changed from green), and Vatican City.
Travel quarantine is introduced for the following country:
Hungary (changed from orange to red).
The following countries will remain red or dark red and require travel quarantine (same requirements for red and dark red countries):
Dark red:
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, and the UK.
The following regions will continue not to require travel quarantine (same requirements for green and orange countries):
Green:
Blekinge, Gotland, Värmland, and Västernorrland
Orange:
Dalarna, Gävleborg, Halland, Jämtland, Jönköping, Kalmar (changed from green), Kronoberg, Skåne, Södermanland, Uppsala, Västra Götaland, Örebro, and Östergötland
Travel quarantine is being introduced for the following regions:
Norrbotten (changed from orange to red).
The following regions will continue to be red and require travel quarantine:
Stockholm, Västerbotten, and Västmanland.
Denmark (including autonomous regions)
The following regions will continue not to require travel quarantine (same requirements for green and orange countries):
Orange:
The capital (including Copenhagen), Central Denmark (changed from green), North Jutland, Zealand, and Southern Denmark (changed from green).
The Faeroe Islands continue to be red and therefore continue to require travel quarantine.
Greenland continues to be red and therefore continues to require travel quarantine.
Finland
The following regions will continue not to require travel quarantine (same requirements for green and orange regions):
Green:
North Karelia, South Savo, and the Åland Islands.
Orange:
Central Tavastland (changed from green), Kainuu, Kymmenlaakso, Lapland, Länsi Pohja, South Karelia, and East Savo.
Travel quarantine is being introduced for the following regions: Central Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia, and Vaasa (all changed from orange to red).
The following regions will continue to be red and require travel quarantine:
Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, Helsinki Uusimaa, Central Finland, North Savo, North Ostrobothnia, Päijat Häme, and Satakunta.
Selected archipelagos in Europe
The following archipelagos will continue not to require travel quarantine (same requirements for green and orange archipelagos):
Green:
The Canary Islands (Spain), the Northern Aegean Islands (Greece), and Sardinia (Italy).
Orange:
The Azores (Portugal), the Balearic Islands (Spain), Corsica (France), Crete (Greece), Madeira (Portugal), and Sicily (Italy).
The following archipelagos will continue to be red and require travel quarantine
The Southern Ionian Islands (Greece) and the Southern Aegean Islands (Greece).
Purple countries areas
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health assesses the countries and areas on the EU’s list of third countries which have an infection rate that warrants slightly lighter entry restrictions. These countries and areas are known as ‘purple countries’. Travel quarantine, testing, and entry registration are required when arriving from purple countries.
The following countries and areas will remain purple:
New Zealand, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Uruguay.
The following countries and areas will change from purple to grey:
Chile
The following countries and areas are grey:
Australia, Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Jordan, China, Macau, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, and Ukraine. ■
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