As of Monday, 24 May, tighter self-isolation requirements will apply to arrivals from the Republic of Cabo Verde, and arrivals from Croatia and the Netherlands will continue under the regular self-isolation requirements. Self-isolation and testing exemptions will not apply in the case of vaccinated and recovered COVID-19 travellers who who have visited the Republic of India over the last 14 days before the return to the Republic of Lithuania: they will be required to have a negative test upon arrival and will also be required to self-isolate.
Corrections have been made as to the testing and self-isolation exemptions, which will from now on will also apply to those who have been fully vaccinated with the following vaccines registered in other competent bodies, not only in the Union Register of Medicinal Products: COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen, Comirnaty, COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, and Vaxzevria.
The Friday update includes additional cases subject to self-isolation exemptions. Travellers may leave the place of self-isolation to go for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as per appointment, and crew members employed in companies engaged in international commercial transportation or who carry out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles to go for any doze of vaccine. Those who have been in contact may also leave the place of self-isolation to resit a maturity examination. It will be required:
- to have a negative result of COVID-19 (PCR) test undergone 48 hours before the examination. On the day of the examination, the person must have no signs of an acute upper respiratory infection;
- to undergo a rapid antigen test on arrival at the maturity examination centre, the result of which must be negative;
- wear a respirator at the maturity examination centre;
- sanitise hands before entering the maturity examination centre;
- notify the National Public Health Centre (NPHC) of the participation in an examination within 48 hours before the start of the examination and indicate the maturity examination centre where the examination will take place.
Those who need to change the location of the place of self- isolation may do so for justified reasons maximum two times during the entire period of self-isolation.
LIST OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS INFECTION) (with effect from 24 to 30 May):
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Countries whence arrivals fall subject to the enhanced communicable disease control measures |
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Argentine Republic |
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 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. A negative test result will also be required from travellers who have visited the Republic of India over the last 14 days before the return to/arrival in the Republic of 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 staying 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 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 justified reasons (up to two times during the self-isolation period). 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.
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Kingdom of Bahrain |
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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 Costa Rica |
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Republic of Maldives |
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Republic of South Africa |
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Republic of Seychelles |
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Kingdom of Sweden |
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Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
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Republic of Cabo Verde |
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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. A negative test result will also be required from travellers who have visited the Republic of India over the last 14 days before the return to/arrival in the Republic of 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
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:
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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 Croatia |
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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 the Netherlands |
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Kingdom of Norway |
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Portuguese Republic |
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French 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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Principality of Andorra |
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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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Bermuda* |
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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 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 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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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico* |
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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 Serbia |
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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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Republic of Turkey |
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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 |
* Territories without the status of a state
TESTING AND SELF-ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS(with effect from 24 to 30 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 registration form.
Press Service, Ministry of Health