Romania
Travel restrictions
The Government of Romania implemented non-European Economic Area (EEA) travel requirements reflecting the Council of the European Union’s (EU’s) June 30th recommendations.
Based on the criteria and conditions set out in the recommendation, as from July 1st, member states should start lifting the travel restrictions at the external borders for residents of the following third countries: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay & China, subject to confirmation of reciprocity
The National Centre for monitoring and control of transmissible diseases recommends 14-day self isolation for all, asymptomatic visitors arriving in Romania from Covid-19 affected areas.
Effective January 9th, 2020, visitors and Romanian citizens arriving from the following countries:
Andorra, Aruba, Austria, Belarus, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, French Polinezia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Namibia, The Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Palestina, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republic of Moldova, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Sin Marteen, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turks & Caicos, United States of America must enter 14 days, self-quarantine / and declare, to the border crossing authorities,
their address of residence in Romania.
Are excepted from self-isolation, visitors arriving from: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunis, Uruguay and Vatican.
Measures taken by the government
The Romanian Government decided to extend the state of alert by 30 days starting July 15th. This was later extended to January 31st 2021.
The state of alert establishes the following measures:
- Mandatory wearing of “protection masks” in closed public spaces, stores, public transportation, and at the workplace.
- Opening of hotels, small commercial centers, groceries, cleaners, opticians, and stores with direct access to the outside;
- On July 18th, the Government of Romania passed a law authorizing the government to direct individuals into quarantine or home isolation.
Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, the Government of Romania announced additional restrictions that will remain in place for 30 days beginning January 13th, 2021 and are subject to being renewed:
- Masks covering the mouth and nose are mandatory nationwide in indoor and outdoor public areas for individuals who have reached the age of five and above;
- Teleworking or staggered hours for employees;
- All schools will close and move to online;
- Public and private parties are banned;
- Indoor markets and fairs are closed;
- Stores will only open from 05am to 9pm, with the exception of food delivery, pharmacies, and gas stations.
- Nighttime curfew from 11pm to 05am.
Emergency number (related to COVID-19) while visiting the country
The official Romanian toll-free number for COVID-19 information (in Romanian) is 0800800358.
Source:
US Embassy in Romania https://ro.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/
Published on January 12th (checked on January 13th)
RomaniaTourism.com - Romania Travel Advisory http://romaniatourism.com/travel-advisory.html
Published on January 9th (checked on January 13th)
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