Category 2 Hotel QuarantineĪs of 4am Friday 26th March 2021,the Irish government introduced new rules for mandatory hotel quarantine for passengers arriving into Ireland from a Category 2 country and all passengers who arrive without a COVID-19 negative test result.įor the latest list of Category 2 countries and for more information, please visit dfa.ie or gov.ie. Only very limited categories of passengers can be exempt from this legal requirement and a full list is available here. Passengers are permitted to travel to a testing facility during their 14 day quarantine to take a RT-PCR test with exception of the Category 2 country passengers (see restrictions below) and permitted to end the 14 day quarantine early if they receive a negative RT-PCR test, taken no less than 5 days after arrival in Ireland. Passengers who travel from another country to Ireland, and arrive via Northern Ireland, must also complete the 14 day quarantine. The Irish Government has introduced a legal requirement to home quarantine for 14 days at the address specified on the Passenger Locator Form. The mandatory 14 day quarantine requirement applies to all passengers who arrive into Ireland. For more information regarding COVID-19 travel requirements, please see Mandatory 14 Day Quarantine There are limited exemptions from these requirements. The Public Health Passenger Locator Form will allow for the operation of a system to spot checks on incoming passengers to ensure that they are self-isolating. Passengers are required to have a negative/‘not detected’ result from a pre-departure COVID-19 RT-PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival in Ireland. Passengers are required by law to present a completed Passenger Locator Form, a negative pre-departure COVID-19 RT-PCR test result and quarantine for 14 days on arrival to Ireland. *The information below is correct as of March 29 th, 2021 with further updates to follow. If you were vaccinated in a country outside the EEA you could have had a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate that has been officially recognised as equivalent to the EU DCC.There have been a number of announcements made by the Irish Government between February2021 and March 2021 regarding international travel and very specifically, new rules regarding mandatory quarantine.įor the latest Irish Government information please visit dfa.ie. The EU regulation that required member states to issue EU Digital COVID-19 Certificates (DCC) expired on 30 June 2023. Since 1 July 2023, you will no longer get an EU Digital Covid Certificate for a negative test (PCR and antigen) or as proof of recovery (recovery certificates). If you were vaccinated in the EEA you would have received an EU Digital COVID Certificate (DCC). Since 1 February 2022 you are considered fully vaccinated after 14 days. You must show proof of the positive test and the vaccine dose. You are considered fully vaccinated if you got a single dose of any of the above vaccines within 180 days of a positive RT-PCR test result. You are also not fully vaccinated if the time between your first and second doses is less than the required period (for two dose vaccines). If you got a vaccine other than those listed above, you are not considered ‘fully vaccinated’. If you got different vaccines for your first and second doses, you are fully vaccinated once 14 days has passed based on your second vaccine. 14 days after your second dose of of Novavax (Nuvaxovid).14 days after your second dose of Covaxin.14 days after your second dose of Coronavac (Sinovac).14 days after the second Sinopharm dose (also called Vero Cell Inactivated).14 days after the second Pfizer-BioNtech dose.14 days after the second AstraZeneca dose or second Covishield dose.You also no longer need proof of vaccination or recovery, or a COVID-19 test.Ī standard acceptance period of 14 days after the final dose in a primary vaccine series of a vaccine is required for all vaccines accepted for travel to Ireland. You no longer need to complete a passenger locator form. Since 6 March 2022, all COVID-19 travel restrictions are removed.
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