Travellers arriving from six countries do not need to quarantine on arrival to Estonia
27 Mar 2021 EWR Online
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Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that travellers arriving from six countries do not need to quarantine on arrival to Estonia from Monday, March 29. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against travel in all but essential circumstances.
The restriction on the freedom of movement does not apply to passengers arriving from a country with an infection rate below 150 per 100 000 inhabitants in the past 14 days.
Arrivals from Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom can skip quarantine. All other travellers must quarantine for 10 days on arrival.
Travellers arriving from the following European counties need to quarantine: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Switzerland
The following rules apply to reducing the period of self-isolation both when arriving from Europe and other regions, except for third country nationals arriving in Estonia for work or studies:
(1) Anyone unwilling to self-isolate for 10 days after their arrival in Estonia can take a PCR test abroad no earlier than 72 hours before their arrival in Estonia. While in Estonia, a second test can be taken no earlier than on the sixth day after the first test. The 10-day isolation period can be concluded earlier if both tests are negative.
(2) Anyone who has not taken a test up to 72 hours before their arrival in Estonia can take one immediately after their arrival and the second test no earlier than six days after their first test. The 10-day isolation period can be concluded earlier if both tests are negative.
Information about the conditions that apply to the test certificate is available HERE. For booking a second test, passengers can contact the call centre for public testing (678 0000).
Arriving from outside the European Union, the European Economic Area, the Schengen area or the United Kingdom According to the list of third countries included in Annex 1 of the recommendation of the Council of the European Union on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, it is possible to travel to Estonia from Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand.
A 10-day self-isolation is mandatory for passengers arriving from third countries with an infection rate above 16 people per 100 000 inhabitants in the past 14 days.
The 10-day restrictions on movement and COVID-19 testing are not mandatory for individuals (both when arriving from Europe and other regions), who:
(1) suffered from COVID-19 and no more than six months have passed since they have been declared cured;
(2) have undergone COVID-19 vaccination and no more than six months have passed since its completion.
