The Swedish authorities have agreed to extend the travel advisory period to Estonia, Ireland and Latvia for a further two weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a press release on 18 November.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today agreed to extend until 2 December the council against non-essential travel to Estonia, Ireland and Latvia," the press release reads."
It further states that the decision was taken after the reassessment of the situation in those countries by the MFA and concluded that there had been no change in the epidemiological situation in the territories of those countries, which would lead to the withdrawal of advice.
The data shows that the number of cases of coronavirus remains high in Estonia, Ireland and Latvia, but also in Sweden.
According to data obtained and released on Wednesday, 18 November, by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic in these countries is as follows:
- Sweden-192,439 instances ( population: 10,343,403 )
- Ireland-68,686 instances ( population: 4,937,786 )
- Latvia - 10,914 instances ( population: 1,886,198 )
- Estonia - 8,033 instances ( population: 1,326,535 )
Due to the high rates of new and active cases, the weekly ECDC maps released in support of the Council Recommendation on a common approach to restrictions on free movement in response to the coronavirus pandemic are highlighted in red for all four countries.
Sweden is currently urging its citizens to refrain from undertaking any non-essential trip to the following countries located in Europe in previous decisions: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Slovenia and Romania
The advice against non-essential travel to all countries was first released by the Ministry on March 14, 2020. The advice has since been expanded, with the Ministry including and exempting countries from the list in accordance with their epidemiological situation and the restrictions on entry for Swedes in those countries.
On 9 November, the same ministry extended to all countries outside the EU/EEA/Schengen region and the United Kingdom its advice against non-essential travel until the end of January 2021, a decision which remains effective to date.
Whereas the government reintroduced controls at all its internal borders on 12 November, as a move to deter any potential terrorist attacks that have occurred in recent weeks across Europe.
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