As of Monday, 3 May, tighter self-isolation requirements will apply to arrivals from India, and the usual self-isolation requirements will apply to arrivals from Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Northern Macedonia, Aruba and San Marino.
The Ministry of Health reminds travellers returning to Lithuania not to forget to register on the website of the National Public Health Centre (NPHC) and complete an online registration form available here 48 hours at the earliest before the start of the trip.
The self-isolation exemptions are available here.
The list of affected countries is published every Friday to take effect on Monday for a weekly duration.
LIST OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS INFECTION) (with effect from 3 to 9 May):
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Countries whence arrivals fall subject to the enhanced communicable disease control measures |
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Principality of Andorra |
Travellers will be required to complete a registration form prior to arrival in Lithuania and to show the confirmation (QR code) to the carrier when boarding the vehicle, or those travelling by their own transport will have to show it to the National Public Health Centre (NPHC ) staff or other officials at the border checkpoint or passenger checkpoint. Frontier workers, also those crossing the border between the Republic of Lithuania and another European Union country every day or every working day (those travelling for work-related purpose, pupils, students and trainees) are required to show the confirmation of the negative COVID-19 test taken 7 days at the earliest before the return or arrival in Lithuania, when they travel by their own transport. A COVID-19 test (PCR test or antigen test from nasopharynx) is mandatory. A serological antibody test result will not be recognised. The test for COVID-19 taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania must be negative and it must be presented to the carrier before the journey. The test for COVID-19 will be mandatory for individuals from the age of 16 inclusively. Foreigners arriving in Lithuania by carrier transport for humanitarian reasons will not be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result but they will have to book a testing appointment visit within 24 hours of the arrival in Lithuania. Exemption will apply in the case of those travelling by their own transport: they will have to have a negative test for COVID-19 taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania or they will have to register within 24 hours of the arrival and take a test in Lithuania. Mandatory 10-day self-isolation. Tighter self-isolation requirements:
* employees of listed occupations who live with other persons can self-isolate in one apartment or a house with other persons that have not travelled together. Those living together do not have to self-isolate;
There is a possibility of shortening the self-isolation time by taking a COVID-19 test (PCR), at personal expense, on the 7th day of self-isolation at the earliest, with a negative response thereof. Those subject to self-isolation exemptions or in whose respect the self-isolation time has been shortened will have to restrict the number of their contacts for 14 days of arrival in Lithuania. It is recommended that those working commute only between work and home if there is no possibility of working from home. When contacting others, wearing protective equipment covering the nose and mouth: face masks, respirators or other means remains mandatory, also the observance of other general instructions for the prevention of COVID-19. The place of self-isolation can be left at NPHC’s permission to go to another place of self-isolation if it has to be changed for certain reasons. It will be allowed to leave the place of self-isolation at the notification of the NPHC in the following cases:
It will be allowed to leave the place of self-isolation without the notification of the NPHC in the following cases:
It will not be allowed to leave the place of self-isolation for own wedding. |
Argentine Republic |
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Kingdom of Bahrain |
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Bermuda* |
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Federative Republic of Brazil |
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Republic of India |
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Republic of Cyprus |
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Republic of Croatia |
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Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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Republic of South Africa |
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French Republic |
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico* |
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Republic of Serbia |
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Republic of Seychelles |
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Kingdom of Sweden |
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Republic of Turkey |
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Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
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Countries of the European Economic Area |
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Ireland |
Travellers to Lithuania will be required to complete an online registration form no earlier than 48 hours before the start of the trip and to show the confirmation (QR code) to the carrier when boarding the vehicle, or those travelling by their own transport will have to show it to the NPHC staff or other officers at the border checkpoint or passenger checkpoint. Frontier workers, those crossing the border between the Republic of Lithuania and another European Economic Area country every day or every working day for work-related purpose, pupils and those transporting them to an education establishment, students and trainees are required to show the confirmation of the negative result of a test for COVID-19 taken 7 days at the earliest before the return or arrival in Lithuania, when they travel by their own transport. A COVID-19 test (PCR test or antigen test from nasopharynx) is mandatory. A serological antibody test result will not be recognised. The test for COVID-19 taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania must be negative and it must be presented to the carrier before the journey. The test for COVID-19 will be mandatory for individuals from 16 years inclusively. Foreigners arriving in Lithuania by carrier transport for humanitarian reasons will not be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result but they will have to book a testing appointment visit within 24 hours of the arrival in Lithuania. Exemption will apply in the case of those travelling by their own transport: they will have to have a negative test for COVID-19 taken within 72 hours before the entry to Lithuania or they will have to register within 24 hours of the arrival and take a test in Lithuania. Mandatory 10-day self-isolation:
There is a possibility of shortening the self-isolation time by taking a COVID-19 test (PCR), at personal expense, on the 7th day of self-isolation at the earliest, with a negative response thereof. Those subject to self-isolation exemptions or in whose respect the self-isolation time has been shortened will have to restrict the number of their contacts for 14 days of arrival in Lithuania. It is recommended that working persons commute only between work and home if there is no possibility of working from home. When contacting others, wearing protective equipment covering the nose and mouth: face masks, respirators or other means remains mandatory, also the observance of other general instructions for the prevention of COVID-19. The place of self-isolation can be left at NPHC’s permission to go to another place of self-isolation if it has to be changed for certain reasons. It will be allowed to leave the place of self-isolation without the notification of the NPHC in the following cases:
those living or working abroad and those who need to leave the country for health reasons will be allowed to leave the place of self-isolation before the lapse of the required period of self-isolation with prior notification of the NPHC.
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Republic of Austria |
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Kingdom of Belgium |
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Republic of Bulgaria |
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Czech Republic |
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Kingdom of Denmark |
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Republic of Estonia |
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Hellenic Republic |
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Republic of Iceland |
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Kingdom of Spain |
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Italian Republic |
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Republic of Latvia |
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Republic of Poland |
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Principality of Liechtenstein |
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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
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Republic of Malta |
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Kingdom of Norway |
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Portuguese Republic |
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Romania |
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Slovak Republic |
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Republic of Slovenia |
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Republic of Finland |
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Swiss Confederation |
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Republic of Hungary |
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Federal Republic of Germany |
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Other countries |
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
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Republic of Albania |
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People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria |
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American Samoa* |
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Angola |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
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Republic of Armenia |
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Aruba* |
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Australia |
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Republic of Azerbaijan |
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Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
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Republic of Belarus |
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People’s Republic of Bangladesh |
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Barbados |
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Belize |
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Republic of Benin |
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Republic of Guinea-Bissau |
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Plurinational State of Bolivia |
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Republic of Botswana |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Brunei Darussalam |
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Burkina Faso |
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Republic of Burundi |
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Kingdom of Bhutan |
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Central African Republic |
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Republic of Chad |
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Republic of Chile |
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Commonwealth of Dominica |
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Dominican Republic |
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Republic of Côte d 'Ivoire |
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Republic of Djibouti |
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Egypt Arab Republic |
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Republic of Ecuador |
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State of Eritrea |
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Kingdom of Eswatini |
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia |
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Republic of the Fiji Islands |
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Republic of the Philippines |
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Gabonese Republic |
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Republic of Guyana |
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Republic of the Gambia |
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Republic of Ghana |
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Gibraltar* |
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Grenada |
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Guam* |
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Guadeloupe* |
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Republic of Guatemala |
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Republic of Guinea |
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Republic of Haiti |
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Republic of Honduras |
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Republic of Indonesia |
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Republic of Iraq |
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Islamic Republic of Iran |
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State of Israel |
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Jamaica |
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Japan |
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Republic of Yemen |
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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
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Montenegro |
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United States of America |
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United Arab Emirates |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Cayman Islands |
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Christmas Island |
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Kingdom of Cambodia |
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Republic of Cameroon |
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Canada |
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State of Qatar |
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Republic of Kazakhstan |
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Republic of Kenya |
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People’s Republic of China |
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Kyrgyz Republic |
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Curaçao* |
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Republic of Colombia |
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Union of the Comoros |
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Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Republic of the Congo |
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
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Republic of Korea |
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Republic of Kosovo |
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Republic of Costa Rica |
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Republic of Cuba |
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Coco islands* |
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The State of Kuwait |
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
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Kingdom of Lesotho |
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Republic of Lebanon |
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Republic of Liberia |
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State of Libya |
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Democratic Republic of Madagascar |
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Malaysia |
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Republic of Malawi |
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Republic of Maldives |
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Republic of Mali |
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Kingdom of Morocco |
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Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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Martinique* |
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Republic of Mauritius |
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania |
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United Mexican States |
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Republic of the Union of Myanmar |
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Federated States of Micronesia |
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Republic of Moldova |
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Principality of Monaco |
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Mongolia |
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Montserrat* |
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Republic of Mozambique |
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Republic of Namibia |
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New Zealand |
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Republic of Nauru |
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Federal Republic of Nepal |
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Federal Republic of Nigeria |
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Republic of Niger |
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Republic of Nicaragua |
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Sultanate of Oman |
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
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Palestine* |
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Republic of Panama |
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Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
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Republic of Paraguay |
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Republic of Peru |
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Republic of South Sudan |
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French Polynesia* |
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Republic of Equatorial Guinea |
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Réunion* |
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Republic of Rwanda |
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Russian Federation |
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Sakartvelo |
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Solomon Islands |
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Republic of El Salvador |
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Independent State of Samoa |
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Republic of San Marino |
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Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe |
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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Republic of Senegal |
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St Kitts and Nevis |
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Saint Lucia |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Republic of Sierra Leone |
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Republic of Singapore |
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Syrian Arab Republic |
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Federative Republic of Somali |
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Republic of Sudan |
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Republic of Suriname |
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Republic of North Macedonia |
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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
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The Holy See (Vatican City State) |
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Republic of Tajikistan |
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Kingdom of the Thailand |
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United Republic of Tanzania |
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Turks & Caicos Islands* |
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Republic of Togo |
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Kingdom of Tonga |
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Republic of Trinidad and Tobago |
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Republic of Tunisia |
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Turkmenistan |
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Tuvalu |
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Republic of Uganda |
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Ukraine |
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Republic of Uzbekistan |
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Republic of Vanuatu |
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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Republic of Zambia |
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Republic of Zimbabwe |
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Republic of Cabo Verde |
* Territories without the status of a state
TESTING AND SELF-ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS (with effect from 3 to 9 May) |
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Self-isolation requirement will not be applicable but COVID-19 testing will remain mandatory for individuals travelling for the purpose of work-related functions |
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Testing and self-isolation requirements will not apply in the case of |
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Testing will not be applicable but self-isolation will remain mandatory in the case of |
Foreigners entering the Republic of Lithuania by carrier transport for special humanitarian reasons, at the permission of the Minister for the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, will not be required to bring in the test (but they will have, within 24 hours of the arrival in Lithuania, to contact the Coronavirus Hotline at 1808 or other establishment that performs COVID-19 tests to book a testing appointment and take a test in due time). |
Testing and self-isolation requirements and exemptions for crew members employed in companies engaged in international commercial transportation or who carry out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles |
Crew members employed in companies engaged in international commercial transportation or who carry out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles (who travel for the purpose of work-related functions):
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The applicable self-isolation exemption will have to be noted in the NPHC online registration form. The documentation supporting the exemption will have to be shown as requested by the NPHC staff or officers in charge of checks for compliance with isolation requirements.
Press Service, Ministry of Health