Lithuania has updated its weekly travel restrictions, adding Spain’s Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, and French Guiana to the red list. Romania has been moved from the red to the yellow list.
Vilnius has also updated Covid-19 testing rules. According to the Health Ministry, arrivals from the red and grey list countries will be recommended to take a Covid-19 PCR test on the third day of arrival at the latest, including those who have been fully vaccinated.
This recommendation will not apply to those who have tested positive for the coronavirus (confirmed by a PCR test) within 90 days of arriving in Lithuania.
The tests can be taken free of charge by registering with the country’s coronavirus hotline at 1808 or 1808.lt.
People coming from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe will have to self-isolate for 10 days and take two PCR tests, one on the third day of isolation and the second test between seven and ten days after arrival.
However, under the new rule changes, those recovered from Covid in the past 90 days will be exempt from the mandatory double testing when returning from the Omicron-affected countries listed above, which are subjected to enhanced control measures.
Self-isolation rules remain unchanged, and people arriving from these countries will still need to undergo a 10-day quarantine. The rules also apply to people who have been fully vaccinated.
Other rules remain unchanged
As before, people coming from countries on the red list must self-isolate for ten days and get tested for Covid-19, unless they have recovered from the coronavirus in the past 180 days or have been vaccinated.
Travellers arriving from yellow-zone countries are required to get tested before their trip and take a second test between days 3 and 5 after arrival. Testing can be done at a mobile testing site after registering online (1808.lt) or by phone (1808).
Arrivals from a country on the green list only need to have a pre-departure Covid-19 test.
These requirements do not apply to travellers who have a certificate that they have recovered from the coronavirus, valid for 180 days after the positive test result, and those who are fully vaccinated with at least 14 days after their second shot.
All travellers must also fill in a questionnaire before coming to Lithuania.
The full list of rules can be found on the website of the Health Ministry, as well as the government’s dedicated coronavirus website. The list of self-isolation rules can be found here.
The three-tier system is based on the weekly maps published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
– Countries classed red or grey
Ten-day self-isolation; a Covid-19 antigen test (no more than 48 hours before the arrival) or PCR test (no more than 72 hours before the arrival), A test is recommended no later than the third day of arrival, unless recovered from Covid-19 in the past 90 days.
Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece (including Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Thassos, Crete, Rhodes, and Santorini), Iceland, Spain (including Mallorca, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria), Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, Portugal (including Madeira), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, France (including Guiana, Martinique and Réunion), Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany, Malta, as well as all non-EU and non-EEA countries.
– Countries classed yellow
No self-isolation required; a Covid-19 antigen test (no more than 48 hours before the arrival) or PCR test (no more than 72 hours before the arrival). A second test must be taken in Lithuania, between the third and the fifth day of the stay.
French Mayotte, Romania.
– Countries marked green
No self-isolation required. A Covid-19 antigen test (no more than 48 hours before the arrival) or PCR test (no more than 72 hours before the arrival).
None.
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