Passengers arriving from these Green List countries no longer need to restrict their movements after they arrive in Ireland.
As
reported last week, Ireland will no longer be using the Green List for travel as it had been doing during the pandemic up to this point.
Instead, it will adopt the Traffic Light system, set in place for all of the EU, from Sunday, November 8.
The Minister of State for International Transport Hildegarde Naughton said it was important for this system to be in place for those wishing to fly home in time for Christmas.
The new Traffic Light system works as follows:
Countries with less than 4% positive tests over the previous week and fewer than 25 cases in 100,000 people will be Green coloured. These passengers do not need to restrict movements upon arrival in Ireland.
Countries with 4% or more positive tests over the previous week but fewer than 50 cases in 100,000 people OR less than 4% positive tests over the previous week but between 25 and 150 cases in 100,000 people will be Orange coloured. From Sunday, November 8, these passengers will be able to avoid the restriction by undergoing a validated pre-departure test for the virus. Until then, these passengers will need to restrict their movements for two weeks upon arrival.
Any country with 4% or more positive tests in the previous week and 50 or more cases in 100,000 people OR more than 150 cases per 100,000 people will be Red coloured. These passengers will need to restrict their movements for two weeks upon arrival.
According to the
ECDC findings at the time of writing (Thursday, October 22), there are no countries in the EU in the Green zone, with the closest being Estonia (35.3 per 100,000) and Norway (37.5 per 100,000).
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