Iceland has introduced new regulations relating to
arrivals in the country, allowing those who have been vaccinated or
have previously had Covid to avoid going into quarantine and abolishing the
charge for staying at a government quarantine facility.
Everyone arriving in the country must be tested at the border.
Anyone with a vaccination certificate or a certificate of prior Covid
infection is not required to stay in quarantine. The requirement is temporary and will be
reviewed before 1 May.
Other arrivals are required to quarantine for five
days, either at their home or at a government-approved quarantine facility.
New rules were introduced on 1 April to require people to go into a government
quarantine facility at the cost of the traveller but they were deemed to have had
insufficient legal basis by the district court of Reykjavik. As a result, no fee will now be charged for staying in such a facility.
The chief epidemiologist to the Minister of Health
said that “insufficient compliance with the rules applicable to home
quarantine, constitutes the largest threat to the current measures to contain
the spread of infections at the borders. There is a significant risk that
infections will be brought to the country unless further measures are
introduced at the borders.”