Switzerland Eases Entry Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated Indians: Report

Coronavirus: Persons who have been vaccinated or who have recovered do not have to produce a negative test and do not have to quarantine on entry, the new guidelines said.

As Switzerland relaxed COVID-19 related restrictions from June 26, the government's Federal Council of Public Health has informed that persons from countries with a variant of concern like India, who have been vaccinated or who have recovered from COVID-19, will be permitted entry without the need for a negative test or quarantine, according to news agency ANI. However, for those people who are arriving from a country with a variant of the virus of concern, they will be permitted entry as long as it is certain that the vaccination offers good protection. Those who have neither been vaccinated nor have recovered must present a negative PCR test or rapid antigen test and go into quarantine on entry, said the Federal Council. This means that persons who have been vaccinated or who have recovered do not have to produce a negative test even when travelling from countries where the Delta variant is widespread and do not have to quarantine on entry. "The vaccines used in Switzerland are only slightly less effective against the Delta variant and thus still offer a very high level of protection," said the Council as reported by news agency ANI.