Sweden Lifts Advice Against Non-Essential Travel to Slovenia and Malta
Sweden’s government has lifted the advice against unnecessary travel to Slovenia and Malta, after estimating that the Coronavirus situation in both countries has ameliorated recently, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.
The decision took effect yesterday, October 8, AtoZSerwisPlus.Mt reports.
“Swedish citizens or people with a residence permit in Sweden are no longer affected by Slovenia’s requirement of a ten-day quarantine if they travel there from Sweden. Malta has announced that it has removed the ban on the entry that previously applied to travellers from Sweden, and travellers from Sweden are no longer affected by quarantine requirements,” ministry’s statement reads.
Up to this point, Sweden has registered 98,451 COVID cases. A total of 5,894 persons have died from the deadly virus, so far.
According to Sweden’s Health Ministry, Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne during last week registered the highest number COVID-19 cases, 923, 493 and 262 specifically.
In this regard, Sweden’s Public Health Agency director-general Johan Carlson emphasized that Sweden’s preventive measures imposed to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 could remain in place for at least another year, with the possibility of additional local restrictions.
“We can expect that measures against the spread of corona will remain for some time, we’re talking about at least another year. The measures that are being taken in Europe are not sustainable, we’re trying to find a level that is steady, and that keeps the spread down. We can’t get rid of it, but we can keep it down at a reasonable level,” he pointed out, earlier this week.
However, last month, Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it lifted the advice against non-essential travel to Slovakia and Finland.
Since mid-September, Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also lifted the advice against non-essential travel to the United Kingdom. The decision came after estimating that COVID-19 new cases in Britain marked a decrease.
Since September 10, 2020, Sweden’s authorities no longer advise their citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Cyprus.
