REUTERS
Upon returning from a red zone destination, Ukrainians are obliged to self-quarantine using the Dii Vdoma mobile application.
Ukraine's Health Ministry has updated the list of countries in the red and green zones as of February 19, 2021.
Compared to the previous week, Austria, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Hungary, and France have been put on the red zone list.
At the same time, Greece, Iceland, Cuba, Germany, Tunisia, and Jamaica have been put on the green zone.
Such popular tourist destinations as the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Morocco, Mexico, Thailand, Tanzania, Turkey, Croatia, and Sri Lanka are still part of the green zone, while Albania, Bulgaria, the Maldives, the UAE, the Seychelles, and Montenegro remain in the red zone.
As of February 19, a total of 71 countries were in the red zone (last week there were 74), including: Austria, Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Belarus, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Great Britain, Georgia, Estonia, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Jordan, Cyprus, Colombia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Moldova, the Netherlands, the UAE, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, San Marino, the Seychelles, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, Uruguay, Hungary, France, the Czech Republic, Chile, Montenegro, Switzerland, Sweden, and others.
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To enter Ukraine, all foreigners need a valid insurance policy that covers COVID-19 treatment costs. Persons arriving from the red zone countries, if they have a negative COVID-19 PCR test result run no earlier than 48 hours prior to crossing in, shall not be subject to observation.
As of February 19, the zone covers Ukraine and 122 other countries, including: Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Greece, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Zimbabwe, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, China, Colombia, Cuba, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Morocco, Nepal, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, South Africa, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Finland, Philippines, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Japan, and others.
Upon returning from those countries, no COVID-19 testing or self-isolation is required.
At the same time, when a destination is in the green zone, it does not mean that Ukrainian tourists can go there freely. Most of those countries have imposed quarantine restrictions, which, among other things, include a travel ban for foreign tourists. The rules of entry to each country are available on the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's Tripadvisor website.
A complete list of the red and green zone countries has been posted on the Health Ministry's website.