Iceland to lift all restrictions

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The Seljalandsfoss waterfall is a position that travelers can visit in Iceland.

Starting tomorrow, the island country will no longer require travelers to have a negative COVID-19 to travel.

On February 25, Iceland will lift all of its coronavirus restrictions, meaning visitors will no longer have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 control (or be vaccinated) to enter the country.

“No disease prevention measures will be implemented at the border, whether Americans are vaccinated or not,” Iceland’s fitness ministry said in a Feb. 23 news release.

Previously, other people travelling to Iceland had to provide evidence of vaccination (defined as the initial dose(s) completed in the last nine months or a booster injection). Unvaccinated travelers, with no evidence of recovery from a past infection, had to provide negative effects of PCR control on arrival, then perform PCR control on arrival, then quarantine for five days in an approved accommodation, then recheck it at the end of quarantine to be published.

Similarly, all national measures will be removed, ranging from restrictions on social gatherings to mandatory quarantine for those who test positive for COVID-19.

Iceland joins a developing number of Asian and European countries that recently lifted or eased restrictions at the national and border levels. access requirements) and Israel, which will allow the unvaccinated from March 1 (subject to pre- and post-arrival PCR testing).

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The news comes days after Icelandair, one of the main airlines operating near the capital, Reykjavík, announced the sale of spring fares. Through March 8, the airline offers round-trip fares for as little as $379 on flights from 12 U. S. cities. With all Icelandair flights, it is possible to add a single stopover in Iceland (which can vary from one to seven nights) to any itinerary.

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