Finland new travel restrictions
Internal border control will be reinstated for traffic between Finland and Iceland, Greece, Malta, Germany, Norway and Denmark. In its negotiations on 18 August, Finnish Government decided that the restrictions on internal and external border traffic will be reinstated based on an epidemiological assessment.
All decisions regarding border traffic will enter into force on Monday 24 August.
Exception for Sweden and Norway
Traffic across border crossing points between Finland and Sweden and between Finland and Norway will be permitted between local border communities, even though Sweden and Norway exceed the limit values set by the Government for the incidence of the disease. Although the European Commission has emphasised the equal treatment of Member States in the epidemic, an exception can be made with regard to local border communities.
The 14-day incidence rate in Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia and Estonia exceeds the limit value 8 but is currently (on 15 August 2020) below 10. Internal border control will therefore not be reinstated for traffic between Finland and these countries.
Restrictions on external border traffic
Restrictions on external border traffic will be reinstated for traffic into Finland from Ireland, Cyprus and San Marino, as well as to Japanese residents in traffic arriving in Finland from Japan.
All the passengers arriving from the listed 9 countries with border restrictions have to isolate themselves or quarantined for two weeks, and travel to those countries is not recommended.
