Sweden has scrapped all journey restrictions, becoming a member of quite a lot of European international locations that are actually fully open to worldwide vacationers.
Non-EU travellers not want a vaccination or take a look at certificates to enter the Scandinavian nation, after the foundations have been relaxed on Friday 1 April.
It comes nearly two months after restriction-free journey began for EU residents on 9 February, and means unvaccinated folks from all around the world are actually welcome to discover beautiful Sweden, simply in time for the Easter holidays.
“The Authorities has determined to not lengthen the entry ban from third international locations,” the Minister for Justice and Residence Affairs, Morgan Johansson commented.
“This may make it a lot simpler for everybody who has been prevented from coming to Sweden lately because of the pandemic.”
As with international locations the world over, journey restrictions have been in place because the begin of the pandemic in March 2020. At first, solely a brief entry ban on travellers from non-EU international locations was launched.
Two years on, the Swedish authorities have determined that the virus not poses such a severe well being menace. As of March 31, 87 per cent of the Swedish inhabitants aged 12 and over have been double-jabbed, and the federal government is now providing a fourth shot to over-65s.
Which different European international locations have dropped all journey restrictions?
Sweden joins quite a lot of different European international locations which have abolished all Covid journey restrictions in latest weeks.
Denmark dropped all restrictions in early March, dropping its ultimate requirement for unvaccinated arrivals to take a pre-travel take a look at. The Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia are additionally now restriction-free for non-EU travellers.
And Latvia joined the rising listing on Friday too - with an exception for these from ‘high-risk’ international locations, although there are none presently on this class.
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