It is strongly recommended that Swedish citizens and residents avoid traveling to Estonia, Latvia and Ireland for reasons that are not absolutely appropriate until at least 16 December, after the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated that the epidemiological situation remains risky for all three of them.
The MFA has agreed to extend to all three EU members the advice against non-essential travel, which was due to expire today, 2 December.
'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs assesses that no improvements have taken place in these countries since the last study, which would warrant the lifting of advice against non-essential travel,' the MFA states in a press release.
Advice on travel to other member states of the EU and Schengen remains unchanged. Swedes are therefore still not encouraged to fly to: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, UK and Vatican City.
As of 2 December, according to statistics from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the number of cases reported so far in these countries is as follows:
- Ireland-72,798 instances (population: 4,937,786)
- Latvia - 17,687 instances (population: 1,886,198)
- Estonia—12, 497 (population: 1,326,535)
In Sweden, the number of cases reported is 260,758 (population: 10,343,403), with a total of 6,972 fatalities.
Back in mid-March this year, Sweden launched advice against non-essential travel to all countries and has steadily expanded and extended it ever since. Countries with an improved epidemiological condition have been excluded from the list, time after time.
According to a decision taken on 9 November by the same ministry, the measure will be effective until the end of January 2021, in accordance with the entry ban on third-country citizens.
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