Icelandic citizens will not be barred from entering the country if they do not have a valid PCR test, but they could be fined.
The new rules for tourists coming to Iceland say that they must present a negative PCR certificate that is not older than 72 hours.
Border guards will be allowed to deport foreign nationals if they do not meet the requirements for a negative PCR test upon arrival in the country.
The new regulations take effect on Friday 19 February.
Domestic issues remain zero.
For the sixth day in a row, there have been no COVID-19 cases in Iceland. Eight people are currently in hospital with the virus, but none of them are in intensive care.
The new regulations will be added to the existing rules; which means that when you come to the country you must have a negative PCR certificate and still do a 5 day quarantine with a test at each end.
Time to slowly relax national rules.
รรณrรณlfur Guรฐnason, Chief Epidemiologist, intends to submit proposals to the Minister of Health that will ease the current restrictions for those living in Iceland.
This was stated civil defense meeting it was held this morning.
รรณrรณlfur said that stricter rules on disease prevention at the border provide an opportunity to relax national rules.
“Starting this arrangement now (which will take effect tomorrow) gives an indication of how safe this arrangement will be,” says รรณrรณlfur.
He added that the rules on border control could be changed in May, provided that the infection rate at the border was reduced.
Source: The Nordic Page