(TAN): From July 12, leisure travellers from EU and Schengen countries can enter Finland freely without any additional health safety measures if they are fully vaccinated, Finnair said in a statement.
Visitors from these countries can also enter freely if they have had a Covid-19 infection before, or are born in 2006 or later, or arrive from a country with low virus incidence.
Those with one vaccination only are instructed to take a Covid-19 test earliest 72 hours after arrival to Finland, and those without any vaccinations are required in addition to have a negative test result before departure to Finland or a test on arrival.
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In line with this new model, Finnair will, as of July 12, discontinue its requirement for customers to present Covid certificates before boarding flights to Finland.
“With the new legislation, the requirements for entry are checked on arrival, so our customers do not need to show their certificates to Finnair customer service agent at the check-in, when their destination is Finland,” said Finnair Chief Operating Officer Jaakko Schildt. “We continue to check the documents for those transiting to an international flight at Helsinki, per authority requirements.”
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