Who can enter Switzerland and who should be quarantined?

Since the gradual opening of Switzerland's borders that began in mid-June, there has been a degree of confusion as to who is allowed to enter Switzerland and under what circumstances.

This is especially the case with regard to arrivals from non-European Union countries, writes The Local.

Travelers from Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay have been allowed into Switzerland since July 20th.

Access is also given to residents of several EU states outside the Schengen zone, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Romania and Cyprus.

The decision to reopen Swiss borders was taken in a line with the EU in late June.

But while the EU allowed entry from these third countries from July 6th, Switzerland delayed it by July 20th, albinfo.ch further followed.

On 15 June, Switzerland also lifted, along with the EU, travel restrictions from other Schengen countries, as well as Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom.

What about quarantine?

The arrivals from the above countries will not be required to quarantine when they go to Switzerland.

Only arrivals from countries listed by the Swiss Federal Public Health Office as high risk would require quarantine.

This list was updated on July 22nd and now includes 42 countries.

These places are: Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrejni, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eswati, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Israel, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Palermo, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United States and the United States.

Switzerland uses three criteria to determine whether a designated nation is high risk: whether a country has had more than 60 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, if there is no reliable data on the disease, or if some persons carrying the virus enter Switzerland from the same country.

But some of these places are non-- The EU, how could it be limited by entry, but also required to be quarantined?

Good question. This has been a frequent subject of confusion especially for tens of thousands of travelers from the United States visiting Switzerland every week during the tourist season.

Incompatibility is relatively simple and descends to position status and travel reasons.

In essence, people from 42 countries will be required to quarantine, but may enter Switzerland. However, they must be residents, citizens or have another kind of permission to enter. Tourists from these countries are not allowed in.

Is there another emptiness?

A possible vacuum that has recently been announced by Swiss authorities is to allow members of unmarried couples to visit Switzerland, where one member of the couple lives in Switzerland and the other abroad. Currently, this is allowed only when the couple is married.

The Swiss government said on Monday it was working on a plan to allow the entry of members of unmarried couples, although the nature of the rule still must not be properly distributed.