Entry restrictions reinstated for 4 countries from Monday

The government on Thursday decided to reinstate inbound travel restrictions on Albania, Australia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania following the increasing trend of coronavirus infections in these countries, said Ministry of Social Affairs and Health in a press release.

At the same time, the government eased entry restriction on municipality of Övertorneå in Sweden as no new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the municipality over the past four weeks.

The government has approved an amendment to the decree allowing entry into Finland without the health security measures laid down in the Communicable Diseases Act.

The amendment to the decree will enter into force on 23 August.

As per the amendment, persons arriving in Finland from countries or regions where the incidence of COVID-19 or the prevalence of virus variants does not pose a particular risk of spreading the epidemic will not be required to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or of recovery from COVID-19 within the past six months or to take a COVID-19 test upon entry.

Under the government decree, people arriving in Finland from Hong Kong, China, Macao, Poland, Taiwan, Hungary, New Zealand and the Vatican, and the Norwegian municipalities of Storfjord, Kåfjord, Nordreisa, Kautokeino, Karasjok, Tana, Nesseby and Sør-Varanger and the Swedish municipality of Övertorneå will not be required to be tested or show a certificate. In these countries and regions, the incidence of new COVID-19 cases is less than 10 per 100,000 inhabitants in the previous 14 days.