MALTA REOPENS ITS AIRPORT
AND SEA FOR TRAVEL FROM LISTED SAFE-CORRIDOR COUNTRIES
Air
and sea travel between Malta and specific safe ‘corridor countries’ resumed as of
the 1st of July 2020. Incoming travel to Malta is allowed ONLY for persons who
would have spent at least 2 weeks in one or more of the corridor country/ies
(or Malta) prior to arriving in Malta. The list of countries was published in
Legal Notice (LN) 244 of 2020 the ‘Travel Ban (Extension to all Countries)
(Amendment) Order, 2020, amended by LN 255 of 2020 and LN 280 of 2020. The list
of countries currently includes:
Austria;
Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland;
Germany; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Norway; Italy; France; Slovakia;
Switzerland; Greece; Croatia; Spain; Poland.
Legal
Notice 92 of 2020 the ‘Travel Ban Order’ extends the order of a travel ban on
persons to Malta and from Malta to and from all other countries – travel to and
from all other countries not in the above list is not permitted.
Thus,
travel to Malta from a country not in the above list is not permitted, unless
the person travelling has spent 2 weeks in one or more corridor country/ies.
Systems
are be in place to verify the origins of passengers arriving in Malta.
Passengers will be requested to complete a Travel Declaration Form and a
Passenger Locator Form. A false declaration on arrival will be considered a
criminal offence.
Only
Maltese Nationals with a valid Maltese ID Card, and those who have a valid
residency permit for Malta who need to return to Malta are eligible to travel
to Malta from countries not on the corridor country list (available at https://reopen.europa.eu). No further
approval is required from the Health Authorities. Such persons are required to
abide by the Medical Protocol for testing of persons arriving in Malta, which
includes:
- PCR Swab Test done
within 7 days of flying to Malta which must be Negative (The result, from a
licensed or accredited lab, must be available by the time of travel)
- PCR Swab Test
done in the 48 hours after arrival in Malta
- PCR Swab Test
on day 12/13 from arrival in Malta
Full
quarantine must also be observed, in isolation from all other persons for 14
full days from arrival in Malta. You must not come in contact with other
household
members if you must share a household. Other
household members also need to observe quarantine. The quarantine period needs
to be observed in full regardless of any negative swab results. This is as per
Legal Notice 63 of 2020, the Period of Quarantine (Amendment) Order, 2020,
further amended by LN’s 79, 252, 279 and 289 of 2020.
PCR
swab test results and the address where quarantine is to be observed must be
sent by email to quarantine.covid19@gov.mt
With
effect from the 15th
July
2020,
in accordance with LN 290 of 2020 – Travel Ban (Extension to All Countries) (Amendment
No. 4) Order, 2020, travel
to and from the following countries will also be permitted, with the same
conditions as the above-mentioned corridor countries:
United
Kingdom; Belgium; Bulgaria; Netherlands; Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South
Korea, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, China, Vatican City, Rwanda, Uruguay,
Slovenia, Japan; Morocco; Thailand; Tunisia; Portugal; Romania; Lebanon;
Indonesia; United Arab Emirates; Turkey; Jordan; Liechtenstein.
PCR
swab testing prior to travelling and quarantine will not be applicable to those
travelling through this process, but suspected persons will be requested to
have a swab test.
The
list of countries which is expected to be updated regularly can also be found
at https://reopen.europa.eu/en. Please understand that this is a
constantly evolving situation. Further information regarding other countries
and quarantine and testing requirements will be made available in due course.
The
Superintendent of Public Health may also, in her absolute discretion, issue an
exemption for travel from and to Malta if in her opinion the travel of certain
persons is deemed to be necessary or essential. This email address is to be
used solely for this reason. If you think your request is of exceptional
circumstance which warrants consideration by the Superintendent of Public
Health please send another email with your request to covid19.vetting@gov.mt
with
‘CONSIDER’ as the first word in the subject title., otherwise you may not
receive a reply to your email.
Further COVID-19 related information and downloadable
materials on prevention of COVID-19 can be accessed at www.covid19health.gov.mt.