Denmark has today started the process
of reopening its borders with a new three-colour risk-based system.
Under the system, travellers from countries
and regions classified as yellow will from today be permitted to enter Denmark
without an essential reason for travel and will not need to self-isolate on arrival. They will still be required to take a pre-departure and a post-entry
Covid test.
The new system will be based on
notification rates in countries and individual regions where official data is available and also on whether those countries
and regions impose restrictions on travellers from Denmark.
From today, Australia, New Zealand,
Singapore, South Korea,Thailand, Iceland and the Norwegian regions of Nordland,
Trøndelag, Troms and Finnmark have been placed in the yellow category.
However, the Danish government still
advises against all
unnecessary travel to these countries even while allowing entry into Denmark.
The new system includes a red risk
assessment for countries and regions where coronavirus variants of concern
exist. Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe and the French territory of
La Réunion have been placed on the red list.
The Danish government
advises against all travel to these countries and will deny entry to anyone
arriving from them unless they are on a very short list of exemptions.
All other
countries and regions have been classified as orange, meaning that the
government advises against all but essential travel to them and denies entry from the
country unless they have good reason – the list of exemptions is less strict than
that for red countries.
The colours in the model are updated
weekly on the basis of data on the latest notification rates.
Arrivals from orange and red countries
must self-isolate for ten days from entry into the country.
However, business travellers may now temporarily break
their isolation to take part in a business meeting. If they live outside
Denmark, they can leave Denmark immediately after the meeting without the need
to complete their isolation period.
Danish citizens resident in Denmark and foreigners
resident in Denmark or holding a Danish residence permit who enter Denmark
after business travel abroad are not, as a general rule, exempt from the test
or isolation requirements.