COVID-19: Border Controls and Vaccine Passports

Feb 17, 2022

Switzerland no longer requires incoming travelers to provide proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test, or complete an entry form
Spain drops ‘fully vaccinated’ rule for teenage travelers
Vietnam eyes full reopening to international tourists from next month

Finland removes all testing for fully vaccinated travelers from all countries
Portugal scraps tests for fully vaccinated travelers
Canada to drop on-arrival testing for fully vaccinated travelers and will accept rapid tests to meet pre-entry requirements
France lifts test requirement for vaccinated travelers
Kuwait to lift mandatory RT-PCR for fully vaccinated travelers
Tunisia dropping testing requirement for fully vaccinated adults
Botswana waives testing for fully vaccinated travelers
Mongolia reopens borders for fully vaccinated travelers
Vietnam to allow fully vaccinated international tourists from March 15
Papua New Guinea reopens borders for fully vaccinated travelers
Indonesia cuts on-arrival quarantine to 3 days for boosted travelers
Singapore opens Vaccinated Travel Lanes with Thailand, HK, Philippines, Qatar, UAE, Saudi and Israel
Singapore plans to allow vaccinated tourists from all countries to enter without quarantine

United States

Philadelphia lifts vaccine mandate for indoor dining
Seattle to end its vaccine requirements at bars, restaurants and gyms March 1
D.C. to drop indoor mask and vaccine mandate in the coming weeks
Boston mayor says vaccine mandate could be lifted this week
California lifts indoor mask mandate for fully vaccinated people
Disney and Universal Orlando dropping mask mandate for vaccinated guests
Amazon, Walmart, Adidas, Tyson Foods, JPMorgan, Publix lifting mask rules for vaccinated employees
NYC fires 1430 workers over vaccine mandate
US Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have discharged more than 650 members due to their objection to the vaccine mandate
Air Force training command's 1,000-plus personnel dodging vaccine
Massachusetts refuses to excuse most workers from vaccine mandate, denying 89% of the requests
New Jersey court rejects union bid to block vaccine mandate for prison guards
Group of 125 unvaccinated LA firefighters lose war on Covid vaccine mandate
Boston firefighters union celebrates ruling blocking vaccine mandate
USPS seeks ability to gather vaccination, testing data from workforce

Canada

Ontario expects to end vaccine passport requirement March 1
Quebec to end vaccine passport system on March 14
B.C. lifting many restrictions for the vaccinated, keeping the vaccine passport
Bank accounts of anti-Covid vaccine mandate protesters could be frozen

Europe

Denmark officials see no reason to give more vaccines
Lithuania ends vaccine certificate requirement when entering restaurants, bars, social events, and services
Spain scraps vaccine passes for bars and restaurants
Austria to drop most restrictions on March 5, proof of vaccination or recent recovery will no longer be required to attend events, go to restaurants, bars or hairdressers - proof of a negative test will suffice
Portugal to scrap all restrictions by Easter
Germany plans end of restrictions on March 20, lifting most remaining limits, including those that target only unvaccinated people
German court rules coronavirus vaccine mandate for health workers to proceed
UK employers to look at rehiring nurses who quit over vaccine mandate
Italy's vaccine mandate for over-50s in force, unvaccinated workers to be suspended without pay

Asia

Australia

700 of Australian mining workers set to lose jobs over BHP vaccine mandate
Queensland firefighters and emergency services staff exempt from vaccine mandate

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