Estonia Restricts Entry for Citizens of Several More EU Countries Due to COVID-19
Estonia’s government has updated the list of countries, citizens of which will be subject to the 10-day restriction on freedom of movement, from March 15 until March 21, due to a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections.
According to the statement of Estonia’s government, the following countries will be subject to the current restrictions: Austria, Andorra, Belgium, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Monaco, France, Sweden, San Marino, Romania, Slovakia, Finland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Hungary.
Estonia’s authorities have continuously imposed this kind of restriction for all persons who have an infection rate higher than 150 people per 100,000 inhabitants during the past two weeks, including those from the European Union, the European Economic Area, and the Schengen Zone.
At present, Spain, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Norway, Germany, and Denmark have reported an infection rate of fewer than 150 people per 100,000 inhabitants during the past two weeks; therefore, these countries’ citizens will be exempted from the current restrictions, AtoZSerwisPlus.Pl reports.
Citizens of Latvia and Lithuania will be permitted to enter Estonia if they do not show any disease symptoms; however, they will be required to show a negative result of the COVID-19, not older than 72 hours.
All persons coming from both countries mentioned above will be able to enter Estonia without being subject to any restrictions or test requirements if they wish to work or study in Estonia.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Estonia has registered a total of 84,807 cases of COVID-19 infection, based on the figures provided by Worldometers.
The same source highlights that due to the Coronavirus pandemic, a total of 719 persons have died in Estonia, up to this point, while over 59,740 persons have totally recovered.
Estonia currently has reported 24,344 active cases from the Coronavirus pandemic.
Estonian daily Postimees on Friday reported that 1,111 people per million inhabitants have tested positive for the Coronavirus disease during the past two weeks, marking the highest figure in the world.
In an effort to halt the disease’s further spread, Estonia imposed such restrictions for citizens of 26 countries from March 8 until March 14. Many of these countries are included on the updated list of Estonia, which will be effective until March 21.
