Estonia Tightens Restrictions on Entry for All Travellers from EU/Schengen Countries

All persons interested in entering Estonia from the countries of the European Union, European Economic Area, as well as those in the Schengen Zone, in which the infection rate is higher than 150 people per 100,000 inhabitants, during the last 14 days, will be subject of 10-day restrictions on freedom of movement, upon their arrival.

Estonia’s government decision has been put in place on January 25 and will be effective until January 31, 2021, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

In the recent decision imposed by authorities in Estonia will be included, Austria, Andorra, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, France, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Denmark, and Hungary.

“The restriction on freedom of movement does not apply to those coming from countries with an infection rate of fewer than 150 people per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days: Bulgaria, Iceland, Greece, Norway and Finland,” the statement reads.

Estonia’s government previously announced that since the beginning of this month (January 1) it would impose new rules for persons arriving from the United Kingdom.

The government stressed that anyone arriving from Britain in Estonia must present a negative result of the Coronavirus test not older than 72 hours, before entering the country, to stop the spread of new variants of the Coronavirus found in other countries. From the decision will be excluded children under the age of 12.

All persons arriving in Estonia from the United Kingdom must follow 10-days mandatory quarantine requirement. However, the self-isolation period can be shortened if persons undergo a second COVID-19 test on the seventh day of their arrival and the test result is negative.

Estonia has registered over 41,320 Coronavirus cases of infections while 392 persons have died, according to the Worldometers figures. More than 31,030 persons have recovered from the virus. Still, the country faces up to 9,890 active cases.

Earlier this month, authorities in Estonia announced that from January 15, all persons wishing to enter the country from Greece, Iceland and Finland, who haven’t been to any other country during the past 14 days would be able to enter Estonia without being subject to any restriction.