All unvaccinated travellers arriving from Egypt, Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Georgia, Cuba, United Arab Emirates, India, China, Libya, Morocco, Russia and Turkey, regardless of their nationality, are required to get tested upon arrival, the Greek authorities have announced.
According to a press release, the Greek Aviation Authority (CAA) has also warned that the entry ban for the incoming international flights will be expanded until August 27, as an effort to halt the spread of the Coronavirus, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
In addition, the NOTAM for incoming flights from abroad that will be valid until Friday includes the following:
All travellers arriving in Greece, regardless of nationality, are required to fill in the electronic form, Passenger Locator Form (PFL), before the flight departure to Greece. The completed PLF form is automatically sent by e-mail to the passenger and is considered a necessary travel document.
In order to enter Greece, the travellers must present the following:
1) A vaccination certificate indicating the holder has been inoculated against Coronavirus at least 14 days before travelling. The document must be presented either in Greek, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Russian, and must be issued by a public authority.
2) A negative PCR test result taken 72 hours within departure or 48 hours for rapid test
3) A recovery certificate was issued 30 days ago, indicating the holder was infected with Coronavirus and is immune to it for 180 days after the document has been issued.
4) Flight travellers from abroad may also carry, in digital or printed form, a European digital certificate COVID-19 (EU Digital COVID-19 Vaccination Passport), which contains information on vaccination, recovery or testing status of the holder. Vaccination and testing requirements apply to all passengers over the age of 12.
If the traveller’s rapid test is positive, it will have to be backed up immediately with a PCR test. In case both tests find the traveller positive, a ten-day quarantine requirement will apply. The isolation requirement applies for seven days for international passengers who are vaccinated but tested positive upon arrival. In both cases (for seven or ten days of temporary restriction), in order to end the quarantine, the travellers must provide a PCR test on the last day.
Greece is the country that recognises the highest number of vaccines, ten of them, which are:
Travellers that inoculated with one of these vaccines are permitted in the country without entering quarantine requirements.
Source : www.schengenvisainfo.com
