Countries that do not have test requirements, as of today, August 23, must comply with the same rules as red countries, which means they must provide negative test results before entering, complete an entry registration form, be tested on arrival, and enter the entry division, reports SchengenVisaInfo.com.
However, the Norwegian government had previously insisted that segregation laws or other measures put in place to prevent the spread of the virus and its new strains would not apply to fully vaccinated travelers and those who have recovered from COVID-19.
These measures followed an increase in Coronavirus infections in Germany and Latvia, which increased six times in Germany (from 3 571 on August 4 to 9,280 on August 23). Latvia listed 112 cases related to Coronavirus on August 4, and, as of August 23, the country has reported 146 COVID-19 deaths.
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According to World Health Organization data, Germany reported that 13 people had been killed by Coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The virus has killed 91,956 people in Germany since the outbreak began.
To date, Germany has reported a total of 3,853,055 cases of COVID-19 infection.
The country is using its vaccination campaign to get everyone there, with 75.7% of Germans given one of the European Medicines Agency's approved vaccines (Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson). In addition, 68.6 Germans were completely vaccinated against Coronavirus.
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On the other hand, 140,651 Latvian people have been tested for the virus so far. Latvia, with a population of 1.8 million, has suffered 2,567 deaths from the disease since January 2020.
About half of Latvia's population (46.6 percent) received the first shot of the COVID vaccine, and 43.6 percent of people considered it to be a complete vaccine, according to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
However, Norwegian authorities have previously insisted that completely vaccinated travelers and those who have recovered from Coronavirus do not have to comply with the isolation measures or other precautionary measures in place to prevent the spread of the virus.
As SchengenVisaInfo.com previously reported, the German research institute recommended that a few third-party countries considered to be viral viruses removed from the list, meaning that visa holders arriving from the following countries were allowed to enter the country:
In Botswana
In Swaziland
In Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
On the other hand, alongside Germany and Latvia the list of oranges was reduced from the green, the purple-listed countries such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada and Moldova were removed from the list, meaning immigrants from countries not banned in Norway. The purple list of countries, recently added, allows grandparents, boyfriends, and girlfriends from Norwegian citizens to be exempt from segregation after receiving proof of consent from a Norwegian citizen in charge