Starting from Monday, August 9, travellers arriving from Monaco must undergo double testing and quarantine entry at government-provided quarantine facilities, as the country has been added to the dark red category, the Norwegian authorities have announced.
The colour-coded system, assessed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health from July 5, has been updated based on the same threshold values as the EU, SchegenVisaInfo.com reports.
However, Norway’s government clarified that fully vaccinated travellers and those who have recovered from the COVID-19 are not obliged to follow quarantine requirements or other measures imposed to halt the spread of the virus.
This week, countries and regions added to the red category will include Estonia and Iceland, moved there from the orange list. On the other hand, the Swedish province of Norrbotten has been moved to this category from green. Passengers from countries and regions that must undergo double testing and get quarantined in order to enter Norway include:
- France
- Faroe Islands
- Greece
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Portugal
- Swedish regions of Gotland, Halland, Skåne and Stockholm
- Danish regions of the capital, Central Jutland and North Jutland
- Finnish regions of Southwest, Helsinki, Uusimaa, and Päijat-Häme
- Azores, Portugal
- North Aegean and the Ionian Islands in Greece
- The Canary Islands in Spain
- Sardinia and Sicily in Italy
Like red countries, travellers arriving from dark red countries must get tested before and after arrival and undergo quarantine, with an additional requirement to be submitted on the quarantine hotel provided by the government. Countries and regions on the dark red list currently are:
- Andorra
- Cyprus
- The Netherlands
- Spain
- The United Kingdom
- Balearic Islands (Spain)
- Corsica (France)
- Crete (Greece)
- South Aegean Islands (Greece)
Moreover, Croatia, Lithuania and Vatican City arrivals will also have to undergo double testing and quarantine requirements, as they have been added from green to the orange category, which follows the same rules as red countries.
The orange category countries and regions are as the following list indicates:
- Belgium
- Italy
- San Marino
- Switzerland
- Swedish regions of Östergötland, Värmland and Västra Götaland
- Danish regions of Zealand and Southern Denmark
- Finnish regions of Birkaland, Central Hämeenlinna, Kajanaland, Kymmenedalen, Lapland, Central Finland and North Karelia
- Madeira, Portugal
Furthermore, travellers arriving from green countries and regions have to provide a negative test taken after they enter Norway and fill out an entry registration form, but no quarantine time is required. Countries and areas currently added to Norway’s green list are:
- Bulgaria
- Greenland
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Czechia
- Germany
- Hungary
- Austria
- Finnish regions of Central Ostrobothnia, Eastern Savolax, Länsi-Pohja, Southern Ostrobothnia and Vaasa
- Swedish regions of Blekinge, Dalarna, Gävleborg, Jämtland, Jönköping, Kalmar, Kronoberg, Södermanland, Uppsala, Västerbotten, Västernorrland and Västmanlandog Örebro.
Norway has also introduced the purple countries, from which grandparents, boyfriends and girlfriends can enter the country restriction-free, with the latter having to apply for prior consent from their significant other before departure.
Purple category countries include:
- Albania
- Australia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada
- Kosovo
- Moldova
- New Zealand
- Northern Macedonia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Ukraine
Countries such as Azerbaijan, Serbia, and Qatar are no longer included in this list.
The Norwegian government continues to advise its citizens against travelling outside EEA, Schengen and United Kingdom destinations. As SchengenVisaInfo.com previously reported, the country has reinforced its position against travel advice for Afghanistan due to increasing COVID-19 infection rates detected in the country. Afghanistan has reported about 149,810 COVI-19 infection cases and 6,879 deaths, based on the figures published by the World Health Organization.
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