Malta has become the latest country to date to announce the lifting of travel restrictions due to COVID. The date is already known – it is July 25, 2022.
The Maltese authorities announced that on July 25 the country will completely lift the entry restrictions related to COVID-19.
According to Malta’s official tourism portal VisitMalta, starting July 25, all tourists will be allowed entry without restrictions. This means that Malta will no longer require travelers to present a vaccination certificate, a certificate of recovery, or testing upon arrival.
From July 25, 2022, anyone wishing to enter Malta without a vaccination certificate or a certificate of recovery does not need to present a negative PCR or rapid test at the border,” VisitMalta said in a statement.
Until July 25, when this decision officially takes effect, all travelers aged 12 and over must have one of the above documents confirming the absence of the disease.
Malta will cancel coronavirus checks and controls at the border, despite the increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 infection across the European continent.
The World Health Organization reports that 3,769 new cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Malta in the previous seven days.
In terms of vaccination rates, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows that as of June 30, 1,248,452 doses of the vaccine had been administered in Malta. 93.9 percent of all adults in Malta have completed their primary vaccination and another 80.5 percent have received their first vaccination.
If Malta is just waiting for the lifting of restrictions, most European Union/Schengen countries have already done so.
List of EU/Schengen countries that have lifted all entry restrictions related to COVID-19: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, and Estonia.
All tourists, regardless of their country of origin, can enter the aforementioned countries, even if they do not have a vaccination certificate, a health certificate, or test results.