The Latest Countries Restricting Travel
The
Latest Countries Restricting Travel:
Countries
with A Global Ban On Entry And Mandatory Self-Isolation.
Australia
Australia has on March 14
announced that any arrivals will have to self-quarantine for a period of 14
days.
Denmark
Denmark has closed its border on
March 14 for all non-citizens, which includes a ban for tourism and vacations.
Cyprus
From March 15 Cyprus will only
allow residents and European workers to enter for a 15-day period
Czech Republic
Will completely close its borders
to non-residents on 16 March with no timescale currently in place to
reopen.
India
Has imposed a mandatory 14-day
quarantine for citizens returning from China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy,
South Korea and Spain. Tourist visas have been suspended until April 15.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has all but closed
down its borders with most flights canceled. Any visitor that has been to the
filling countries in the last 14 days will also not be permitted entry
North Korea
Competed closed their border including
with China, where the majority of arrivals come from. Only diplomats are
allowed to cross the border but information is not entirely clear.
Vietnam
Vietnam has announced that any
arrival who has been in the U.K. or Schengen Area in the last 14 days will be
denied entry, lasting for a 30 day period.
Lithuania
Lithuania will close its borders
except for residents from midnight on March 16.
Ukraine
Ukraine has entirely closed its
borders for foreign arrivals for the next two weeks.
Poland
Poland has instated a 10-day ban
on foreign visitors from March 15, and a mandatory 14-day quarantine for
returning nationals.
Slovakia
Slovakia has closed its borders
and airports and imposed mandatory quarantine for returning residents with a
€1,659 fine for anyone violating this.
New Zealand
New Zealand has imposed a
mandatory set-isolation period of 14 days for all arrivals from overseas except
for the South Pacific Islands. cruise ships have been banned from entering New
Zealand until June 30z
Oman
Oman has suspended all tourist
visas for a period of one month from March 15.
Suriname
The former Dutch colony of
Suriname in South America has completely closed its borders.
Restrictions for citizens or
visitors from Europe
With Italy on lockdown and Spain
following, many nations around the world have restricted entry to U.K. and
Schengen Area visitors.
United States
Entry is suspended until at least
April 13 for any resident of Schengen Area countries, the U.K. and Ireland.
This also includes anyone who has visited these countries in the last 14 days.
Legal permanent residents and most immediate family members of U.S. citizens
are still permitted entry.
Israel
Israel has imposed mandatory
14-day self-quarantine for visitors and citizens alike.
Hong Kong
Visitors to Hong Kong from
Schengen Area countries will be quarantined for 14 days.
Singapore
Citizens and residents must be
quarantined for 14 days and visitors from the U.K., Germany, France, Spain,
Italy and Switzerland are not allowed to enter or transit.
Turkey
Entry is not allowed for visitors
from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain
and Sweden. This also includes anyone who has visited these countries in the
last 14 days. Flights from these nations are suspended but do not apply to
Turkish nationals.
Vietnam
Vietnam has suspended entry from
15 March for all Schengen country visitors including the U.K. This extends to
any visit in these countries in the last 14 days, even if for transit.
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Honduras
Honduras has banned travel for arrivals
from Europe, Iran, South Korea and China
Thailand
Has stopped giving out visas on
arrival and requires that anyone traveling to Thailand presents a medical
certificate prior to receiving a visa in advance.
U.A.E.
The UAE has temporarily suspended
the issuance of all entry visas (including visa waiver on arrival) from March
17, except for diplomatic passports. This will be effective as of March
17.
Canada
As of yet, Canada has only
restricted entry to cruise ships of over 500 passengers.
South America
Restrictions are very recent
across South America, which has so far been relatively less exposed to
COVID-19. Currently Peru, Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia have recently begun
suspending flights from Europe and Asia.
Other Restrictions:
Austria
All visitors from France, Iran,
Italy, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and parts of China or who have visited
in the past 14 days will have to provide a medical certificate proving a
negative COVID-19 test result.
China
Visitors arriving from Italy,
South Korea and Japan and arriving in Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan or Guangdong
must enter quarantine for two weeks.
UPDATE - The list of countries
included in the 14 day quarantine list has now been extended to Iran, France,
Spain, Germany and the United States.
Croatia
People arriving from other
countries affected by the virus must self-isolate for two weeks. Any arrivals
from “hard-hit” areas including Italy, Iran and China’s Hubei province must
enter a government quarantine facility at the travelers expense.
Colombia
Colombia has closed its border
with Venezuela and now restricted entry for anyone that has visited Asia or
Europe in the last 14 days. Any returning citizen must enter a mandatory
self-quarantine.
Update - Colombia is now set to
close its borders completely but this has not yet been officially confirmed.
Denmark
Denmark has closed its borders to
all foreign nationals until April 14.
El Salvador
El Salvador has restricted entry
to all foreigners since March 11.
Italy
Italy is currently on lockdown.
Japan
So far Japan has banned entry to
passengers who have been in affected regions of China, South Korea or Italy
within the last 14 days.
Norway
Norway has said that visitors from
outside the Nordics will have to return home on the Oslo municipality website.
Russia
Closing land borders with Poland
and Norway, and restricting flights in the European Union to only Capital
Cities.
South Korea
South Korea has currently only
suspended entry for passengers from Hubei province in China.
Uruguay
Any passengers arriving from the
following countries must enter a mandatory quarantine for 14 days: China, South
Korea, Japan, Singapore, Iran, Spain, Italy, France and Germany
Venezuela
Venezuela has suspended flights to
Europe and Colombia until April 13.
UPDATED:
French Polynesia
Any visitor to Bora Bora and
Tahiti must show a medical certificate proving a clean bill of health, dated no
later than 5 days before arrival from the port of entry.
Kuwait
Kuwait has closed its airport and
canceled flights indefinitely. There are some exceptions for Kuwait nationals
so some charter flights may still operate.
Argentina
Argentina has now closed their
borders to all non-residents.
Slovenia
Slovenia has closed its borders to
non-residnets
Qatar
Qatar has suspended entry into
Qatar for non-Qataris, however transit passengers on Qatar Airways via doha can
still travel if they do not leave the airport.
South Africa
South Africa is closing its
borders to citizens from high-risk countries from March 18. This includes
Italy, the U.K., U.S., South Korea and China. Visas will be refused to anyone
who has visited a high-risk country in the last 20 days, and 35 of the
country's 53 land ports will also be shut as of Monday.
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