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Lithuania allows people from 24 countries to enter without self-isolation, Malta not included

cde.news desk 3 June 2020, 08:00 · 1 min read

Members of the Ensemble Lithuania gather before their performance at the Mindaugas monument in Vilnius, Lithuania, 01 June 2020. The nationwide campaign 'Thank you, Lithuania!' shows gratitude to all people for their efforts to successfully overcome the first wave of COVID-19. This symbolic campaign express gratitude to medical staff, officers, social workers, volunteers, supermarket staff, pharmacists, business people and all others who helped provide security and key services at the time of the crisis. On 01 June, about 15 minutes of concerts took place in public spaces held by 400 music groups from all across the country, while taking due regard to the safety requirements. EPA-EFE/Valda Kalnina

LRT televizija reports that the Lithuanian Health Ministry has published a list of EU and European Economic Area countries, where in addition to the Baltic travel «bubble» countries of Latvia and Estonia, 22 more are listed as COVID-19 safe places.

In line with the current rules, the ministry publishes a list of ‘safe’ countries every Monday.

Once added to the list, countries may be removed, if COVID-19 infection rate rises above 15 new cases per 100,000 people over the past two weeks.

Currently the list includes Germany, Poland, France, Italy, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

People can travel to Lithuania from Malta, Ireland, and Spain, but are still required to self-isolate for two weeks. Meanwhile, travel from Sweden, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Belgium is still banned.

The rule also applies to citizens and residents of the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK travelling from one of the safe countries. Lithuania is yet to decide on people arriving from non-EU countries.

Lithuania allows people from 24 countries to enter without self-isolation, Malta not included

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