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Latest country restrictions:

Total doses
given
3M
People fully
vaccinated
-
% Fully
vaccinated
-
Quarantine:
A person who has been in high-risk contact with COVID-19 shall not be referred or quarantined at home if he or she has received a booster dose of Comirnaty from Biontech/Pfizer or Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine) Modern; in accordance with the instructions and recommendations of the National Institute of Public Health; 10/01/2022: The duration of quarantine is reduced from the current 10 days to 7 days. Also; persons who have received a booster shot; i.e. the third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine; are exempt from quarantine; 19/01/2022: Extension of quarantine exemption to persons employed in the healthcare; social care or education;...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
2.1M
People fully
vaccinated
861.7K
% Fully
vaccinated
64.98%
Movement Restrictions:
Guidelines and information to our harbors; airports (including aircraft operators) about the travel recommendations and points of entry advice.; 20/03/2020: According to the assessment of the Estonian Health Board; the People’s Republic of China; Italy; Iran and South Korea are risk areas. The Foreign Ministry also advises against travelling to Japan; Singapore; France and Germany. We also ask everyone to reconsider the necessity of all foreign travel.; 11/03/2020: Countries added: Egypt; Israel and the Community of Madrid and Basque Country in Spain. As regards the rest of Spain; we recommend considering whether the trip is absolutely essential.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
192.2M
People fully
vaccinated
63.6M
% Fully
vaccinated
76.24%
Movement Restrictions:
Starting January 14; mandatory COVID-19 testing is required to enter or transit through Germany; with specific conditions depending on the type of risk area the traveller has visited prior to entering Germany. The list of risk areas can be found on the RKI website and the tests must meet the criteria laid out by the RKI. Entrants over the age of six who have been in a high-incidence area or in a virus variant area during the past 10 days before entering Germany must carry proof of a COVID-29 test and submit this to the competent authorities upon request and;...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
192.2M
People fully
vaccinated
63.6M
% Fully
vaccinated
76.24%
Movement Restrictions:
Generally; a negative test has to be provided when entering Germany from a high-risk country or a country with circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants. People are exempt from this if they have proof of vaccination or COVID-19 recovery. ; 1/8/2021 Obligations for current test certificate; vaccination; or infection proof are obligatory for people over 12 years old. ; 01/06/2022 Travelers arriving in Germany are no longer obligated to provide proof that they have been vaccinated; recovered or tested. Exceptions apply to those travelling from virus variant areas.; 11/06/2022: all travel restrictions are lifted.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
29.6M
People fully
vaccinated
9.2M
% Fully
vaccinated
78.66%
Quarantine:
Contact tracing is conducted by dedicate CT teams. High risk close contacts - 7 day quarantine with test performed day 5. If negative; can leave quarantine on day seven. Low risk close contacts - wear face mask whenever outside household and when meeting people (may still go to work and school); keep a 1.5 m distance for everyone for 14 days; wash hands thoroughly and often; contact your doctor/healthcare system if symptoms develop. Have set up maximum capacity for manual Contact Tracing for all confirmed cases. Have opted not to use mobile app technology (low public acceptability); 17/03/2022: strongly recommended...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
144.6M
People fully
vaccinated
48M
% Fully
vaccinated
81.25%
Quarantine:
12/10 MoH directive revisions contact tracing procedures; reducing the mandatory quarantine from 14 to 10 days; and requires only one negative PCR test to assure absence of infection. Same directives apply to suspected cases; but not to travelers arriving from defined risk zones.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
4.6M
People fully
vaccinated
2.1M
% Fully
vaccinated
30.64%
Quarantine:
07/04/20 App approved by the Ministry of Health in order to facilitate contact tracing.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
18.6M
People fully
vaccinated
6.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
65.69%
Quarantine:
Management of healthcare professionals or workers in social services; who might had come into contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case. ; 24/05/21 and subsequent updates until 25/10/21 can be found in the official website.; 19/02/2022: quarantining no longer applies.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated):
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated):
Test on arrival (vaccinated):
Test on arrival (unvaccinated):
Total doses
given
1.4M
People fully
vaccinated
462.7K
% Fully
vaccinated
71.45%
Quarantine:
Auto-quarantine: Any person who has been in direct or close contact (
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
2.2B
People fully
vaccinated
1B
% Fully
vaccinated
67.17%
Airline Updates:
Indian government ready to sell former Air India subsidiaries.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): PCR
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
105.8M
People fully
vaccinated
40.7M
% Fully
vaccinated
85.66%
Quarantine:
Any asymptomatic person who meets the definition of contact should be informed and active surveillance initiated. If during the 14 days after exposure the person develops respiratory symptoms; he/she must immediately self-isolate at home and urgently contact the person in charge. Contacts who develop respiratory symptoms during their follow-up; within 14 days of exposure; even if they do not meet the clinical case criteria; should be investigated to rule out infection by the new coronavirus; considering them a case under investigation. If the result is positive; and does not require hospitalization; isolation will be recommended; which may be at home...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
192.2M
People fully
vaccinated
63.6M
% Fully
vaccinated
76.24%
Quarantine:
On June 16; the German federal government launched the new Corona-Warn-App (www.coronawarn.app/en/). The Corona-Warn-App has been downloaded over 18 million times in the 100 days since it became available. More than 1.2 million test results were shared via the app. ;
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
3M
People fully
vaccinated
-
% Fully
vaccinated
-
Quarantine:
The National Institute of Public Health is exploring ways to locate the site of infection and find out who the patient has been in contact with; 17/10/2020: The epidemiological service of the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) is adjusting the contact tracing protocol of persons with confirmed infection. According to the modified protocol; the epidemiological service will no longer look for high-risk close contacts; 19/02/2022: a person who has been in close contact with a person who tested positive in a coronavirus test will no longer have to quarantine at home. A person who has tested positive in a...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
28.2M
People fully
vaccinated
8.9M
% Fully
vaccinated
86.66%
Quarantine:
Portuguese authorities tracking the steps of the first patients with Covid-19; on an attempt to identify the people with whom they were in contact; 30/06/2020: Delays in monitoring hundreds of infected people; 18/11/2020: order determining the reinforcement of the screening capacity of the authorities and public health services to carry out epidemiological investigations; to trace contacts of patients with Covid-19 and follow-up of people under active surveillance; 20/11/2020: 500 members of the Portuguese Armed Forces will be supporting the country's contact tracing efforts; 27/11/2020: mobilization of teachers not performing teaching to perform epidemiological surveys; tracking of contacts of patients with...
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None
Total doses
given
5.4M
People fully
vaccinated
2.3M
% Fully
vaccinated
55.87%
Quarantine:
The contact tracing app 'Stop COVID-19' was launched.
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Pre-travel testing (vaccinated): None
Pre-travel testing (unvaccinated): None
Test on arrival (vaccinated): None
Test on arrival (unvaccinated): None