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Poland Lifts Quarantine Requirement for Fully Vaccinated Travelers From Select Countries

Poland also recently changed its quarantine rules for travelers with a negative COVID-19 test.

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With millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses already distributed worldwide, several countries are amending their entry requirements to reflect this growing population of vaccinated travelers. The latest nation to make a change to its restrictions is Poland, which recently announced that fully vaccinated travelers will be exempt from the mandatory quarantine. But there's a catch to the new rule.

First and foremost, travelers must come from a place that Poland is already allowing into the country. Admission to Poland is currently restricted to citizens and legal residents of European Union countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Georgia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, Tunisia, and Australia, as well as their spouses and children.

Polish law requires travelers to quarantine for 10 days, but this mandate was waived last month for passengers who are able to present a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival, as long as that result was obtained within 48 hours of their entry. Now, the rules have been updated to include vaccinated travelers as well.

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According to Lonely Planet, this is just one move of many that Poland has taken to slowly return to some semblance of normalcy. The country has allowed ski slopes to reopen for a two-week trial period, while museums, art galleries, and shopping centers reopened on Feb. 1. Cinemas, theaters, opera houses, and hotels have also been permitted to reopen, albeit with a limited capacity of 50 percent. Meanwhile, restaurants have yet to return to normal operations. Currently, they can only serve takeout. Wearing masks and adhering to social distancing is also mandatory.

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Poland is not the only country to ease its travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers. In January, Romania lifted its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travelers, while the country of Georgia announced a similar policy change just last week. Other countries, however, are still keeping their guards up. Australian officials have already said that the country will not eliminate its quarantine requirement for vaccinated travelers.

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