Finland DOESN’T Introduce Mandatory Quarantine upon Return from Croatia (Update: Aug 17)

Latest update, August 17, 2020: Today, we’ve received confirmation from the Embassy of Finland that the changes announced last week will, in fact, not be happening: 

Old rules still valid, i.e. a recommendation to self-isolate if you return to Finland e.g. from Croatia. @THLresearch is preparing a so-called traffic light model that will communicate to travelers what measures are likely to be taken when arriving to ??. https://t.co/H24czqcefC

— Finland in Croatia (@FinEmbCroatia) August 17, 2020

August 11, 2020 – In a totally unexpected and somewhat weird twist, the Embassy of Finland to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Holy See announced today that Finland will introduce a mandatory 14-day quarantine and obligatory COVID-19 testing for travelers coming to Finland from Croatia. 

In a tweet post an hour or so ago, the Embassy explains the decision just a little bit further (see below): 

Huom! Obs! Pažnja! Please note!✈️?? #COVID19FI pic.twitter.com/dbhOdzlfnB

— Finland in Croatia (@FinEmbCroatia) August 11, 2020

It is unclear how or why the decision has been made now, as Croatia is decidedly not on high-risk lists created by most European countries (and we’ve extensively written about the epidemiological situation in Croatia being quite good and improving in the last weeks). No further detail on the decision are currently available, so we don’t know much more. One thing we can tell you is that, if you’re planning on going to Finland soon, and you’re currently in Croatia or Bosnia and Herzegovina (we can’t confirm at this moment which additional countries will be placed on the Finnish high-risk list), you should consider that move as soon as possible. The Embassy said in their vague tweet that more information should be known before the end of this week. 

Before this decision, Croatia was listed as one of the non-Schengen countries, for which “Self-quarantine is recommended for those arriving in Finland.“

For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily. 

Read the Croatian Travel Update in your language – now available in 24 languages!

Join the Total Croatia Travel INFO Viber community.

 

Subscribe to our newsletter

the fields marked with * are required

Email: *
First name:
Last name:
Gender:	Male Female
Country:
Birthday:	[DD] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 [MM] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [YYYY] 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Please don't insert text in the box below!