COVID-19: Border Controls and Vaccine Passports
Border Controls
Bahrain removes all entry requirements
Jamaica removes quarantine requirement for unvaccinated arrivals
Cyprus lifts entry rules for fully vaccinated or recovered travelers
Bermuda to require proof of vaccine for entry from March 7
Vaccination and Travel
Canada to accept rapid tests at border for fully vaccinated
Italy to scrap pre-travel tests for vaccinated travelers
New Zealand reopens borders to fully vaccinated travelers
South Korea considering lifting self-isolation for fully vaccinated travelers
Oman and UAE drop PCR test mandate for fully vaccinated travelers
Qatar removes hotel quarantine and scraps pre-arrival PCR test for fully vaccinated and recovered residents
Bali dropping quarantine for fully vaccinated travelers from March 14
Sri Lanka to drop pre-departure tests for fully vaccinated arrivals
St. Maarten eliminating testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers
St. Lucia to allow antigen tests instead of PCR for fully vaccinated
Proof-of-vaccine rules set to lift for Hawaii travel
Thailand and Malaysia to expedite quarantine-free cross-border travels for vaccinated travelers
Vaccination and Local Life
United States
Senate votes against vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
Nevada prisons abandon plan to fire unvaccinated employees
NYC’s vaccine passport program set to expire
California lifts mask mandate in schools and for unvaccinated residents
Philadelphia lifts indoor mask mandate
White House ends mask mandate for vaccinated
Apple to increase covid testing for vaccinated retail employees
Canada
Ontario ends vaccine passport system
New Brunswick ends vaccine passport, to lift all restrictions by mid-March
Mask, vaccine mandates to be lifted in Yukon
Vaccine cards no longer required at most places in Manitoba
Premier calls for end to vaccine mandate for Alberta Health Services staff
Quebec to end most mask requirements in April, stop vaccine passport sooner
BC hangs onto vaccine passports
Feds ditch interprovincial vaccine mandate for truckers
Europe
France to lift vaccine mandate March 14
Scotland ditches vaccine passports and masks in classrooms
Spain scraps quarantine for unvaccinated close contacts
Asia
COVID-19 Domestic Stringency
Source: OurWorldInData
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