Norway has lifted the quarantine for unvaccinated passengers
Norway will end its mandatory quarantine system for unvaccinated passengers and people who have been in close contact with an infected person, replacing it with a daily testing regimen, the government announced on Monday. Reuters.
According to current rules, anyone arriving in Norway who has not been vaccinated should be quarantined for at least three days. If the person was in close contact with an infected person, the quarantine lasted 10 days.
According to the National Institute of Public Health, this is no longer considered necessary, as the new rules will take effect on January 26, the government said.
The current rules have been criticized for quarantining healthy people for too long, and families with children have been particularly hard hit.
From Wednesday, people who have been in contact with an infected person are required to be tested every day for the next 11 days of contact. Those who refuse to be tested are still required to be quarantined.
Passengers must still be tested and registered upon arrival in Norway, and a negative pre-arrival test is also necessary for those who cannot prove they have been fully vaccinated, the country's health ministry said.
The quarantine for passengers can be reintroduced if the situation with the infection changes or if a new variant of the virus appears that requires stricter measures, the government added.