Lithuania Publishes List of Countries for Compulsory COVID Quarantine

Lithuania officials have published a list of countries, the citizens of which will need to remain isolated for 14 days upon their arrival in Lithuania, beginning July 20th.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lithuania has added several countries to its list of states that must undergo a two weeks mandatory quarantine, including Croatia, India, Andorra, Namibia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines. Countries exempt include Ukraine as well as Mauritania, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

According to the news from Schengen Visa Info, the mandatory isolation will be applied to all the countries mentioned on the country’s recent list. It will also be applied to Lithuanian residents returning to the country and internationals who have a permit to enter Lithuania.

The countries which are considered affected are still those in which the incidence of Coronavirus infection is higher than 25 cases per 100 thousand population, during the last 14 days. Arrivals from countries in this category must register within 24 hours by submitting their data to the National Center for Public Health (NVSC). The new decision is applied for Lithuanian citizens returning from these countries as well as for internationals who obtain an entry permit.

Lithuania authorities stress that the list of most affected countries is updated weekly, based on epidemiological indicators in international countries. The country’s list of countries affected by COVID-19 will be applied to citizens coming from 4 territories:

1. Republic of Albania
2. Principality of Andorra
3. Argentine Republic
4. Republic of Armenia
5. Republic of Azerbaijan
6. Kingdom of Bahrain
7. Republic of Belarus
8. People’s Republic of Bangladesh
9. Plurinational State of Bolivia
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina
11. Federative Republic of Brazil
12. Republic of Bulgaria
13. Republic of Chile
14. Dominican Republic
15. Republic of Djibouti
16. Republic of Ecuador
17. Equatorial Guinea
18. Gabonese Republic
19. Republic of Ghana
20. Republic of Guatemala
21. Republic of Honduras
22. Republic of India
23. Republic of Iraq
24. Islamic Republic of Iran
25. Israel
26. United States of America
27. United Arab Emirates
28. Montenegro
29. Qatar
30. Republic of Kazakhstan
31. Kyrgyz Republic
32. Republic of Colombia
33. Republic of Kosovo
34. Republic of Costa Rica
35. Republic of Croatia
36. Kuwait
37. Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
38. Republic of Maldives
39. United Mexican States
40. Republic of Moldova
41. Republic of Namibia
42. Sultanate of Oman
43. Palestine*
44. Panama
45. Republic of Peru
46. Republic of South Africa
47. Portuguese Republic
48. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
49. Romania
50. Russian Federation
51. Sahara Arab Democratic Republic*
52. Republic of El Salvador
53. Republic of San Marino
54. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
55. Republic of Seychelles
56. Republic of Serbia
57. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
58. Republic of Singapore
59. Republic of Suriname
60. Republic of North Macedonia
61. Kingdom of Sweden
62. Turks & Caicos Islands
63. Republic of Cabo Verde

Last week, Lithuania removed five European Union countries from its list of epidemiologically “safe” countries, thus barring their residents from entering the Lithuanian territory.

Citizens and foreign residents of Romania, Bulgaria,  Luxembourg, Sweden, and Portugal are no longer permitted to enter the territory of Lithuania due to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in these countries.

Source: schengenvisainfonews