People Vaccinated Outside Schengen May Enter Iceland By Owen Tyrie 16. mars 2021 13:00 Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Justice. Vísir/Vilhelm At a meeting this morning, the government have decided to accept valid COVID vaccination certificate from passengers entering Iceland from... The post People Vaccinated Outside Schengen May Enter Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. At a meeting this morning, the government have decided to accept valid COVID vaccination certificate from passengers entering Iceland from outside Schengen, Vísir reports. More detailed information on this can be found here. This will mean that those vaccinated from coronavirus from countries such as the United Kingdom and United States will be able to enter the country. Welcome back to Iceland This announcement was made by Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Justice, to reporters after the meeting between government officials. According to Áslaug, this will take effect this week. Similarly, certificates of previous COVID infection will be validated. Those who present such certificates do not have to go to a sampling or quarantine or present a certificate of negative PCR testing at the border. Under pressure? When asked if this announcement was made in response to pressure from the tourism industry, Áslaug said that herself and Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Minister of Health, agreed that it was important to accept these certificates from countries inside or outside Schengen. Áslaug said that the United Kingdom and United States are our “largest market” of tourists and that it was important that people from these countries had the opportunity to come to Iceland. Going against the EU recommendations The current rules state that vaccination or antibody certificates will not be accepted at the Icelandic border if an arriving passenger comes from a country outside the Schengen co-operation. This rule was set out as a recommendation from the Council of Ministers of the European Union. Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason said yesterday that he thought it would be a mistake to take only valid vaccination and antibody certificates from Schengen countries at the border. The post People Vaccinated Outside Schengen May Enter Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door. Mest lesið Segir andúð meiri í garð Miðflokksmanna en trans fólks Innlent Kína sendir skilaboð til Bandaríkjanna og Trump svarar um hæl Erlent Rannsaka stórfellda líkamsárás í Seljahverfi Innlent Keyrðu hratt á hjólreiðastíg og tóku fram úr reiðhjólamönnum á háannatíma Innlent Vegaframkvæmdir við Höfðabakka valdi bæði umferðaröngþveiti og töfum Innlent Tók dóttur sína og erfingja með til Kína Erlent Felldu ellefu í árás á bát meintra smyglara frá Venesúela Erlent Þriggja mánaða bið eftir greftrun: „Þetta var óbærilegur yfirgangur“ Innlent Húðin gleymi engu og ekki hægt að taka til baka skaðann sem er skeður Innlent Biskup lætur Rúv heyra það vegna umræðunnar í gær Innlent
At a meeting this morning, the government have decided to accept valid COVID vaccination certificate from passengers entering Iceland from outside Schengen, Vísir reports. More detailed information on this can be found here. This will mean that those vaccinated from coronavirus from countries such as the United Kingdom and United States will be able to enter the country. Welcome back to Iceland This announcement was made by Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Justice, to reporters after the meeting between government officials. According to Áslaug, this will take effect this week. Similarly, certificates of previous COVID infection will be validated. Those who present such certificates do not have to go to a sampling or quarantine or present a certificate of negative PCR testing at the border. Under pressure? When asked if this announcement was made in response to pressure from the tourism industry, Áslaug said that herself and Svandís Svavarsdóttir, the Minister of Health, agreed that it was important to accept these certificates from countries inside or outside Schengen. Áslaug said that the United Kingdom and United States are our “largest market” of tourists and that it was important that people from these countries had the opportunity to come to Iceland. Going against the EU recommendations The current rules state that vaccination or antibody certificates will not be accepted at the Icelandic border if an arriving passenger comes from a country outside the Schengen co-operation. This rule was set out as a recommendation from the Council of Ministers of the European Union. Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason said yesterday that he thought it would be a mistake to take only valid vaccination and antibody certificates from Schengen countries at the border. The post People Vaccinated Outside Schengen May Enter Iceland appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Mest lesið Segir andúð meiri í garð Miðflokksmanna en trans fólks Innlent Kína sendir skilaboð til Bandaríkjanna og Trump svarar um hæl Erlent Rannsaka stórfellda líkamsárás í Seljahverfi Innlent Keyrðu hratt á hjólreiðastíg og tóku fram úr reiðhjólamönnum á háannatíma Innlent Vegaframkvæmdir við Höfðabakka valdi bæði umferðaröngþveiti og töfum Innlent Tók dóttur sína og erfingja með til Kína Erlent Felldu ellefu í árás á bát meintra smyglara frá Venesúela Erlent Þriggja mánaða bið eftir greftrun: „Þetta var óbærilegur yfirgangur“ Innlent Húðin gleymi engu og ekki hægt að taka til baka skaðann sem er skeður Innlent Biskup lætur Rúv heyra það vegna umræðunnar í gær Innlent