Vaccination rates among foreign-born people in Sweden have risen in the past three weeks, after initial concern earlier this year. But there's still a gap between native and foreign-born Swedes.
Vaccinations, more opportunities for testing, and lower infection rates make travel a possibility, but it is crucial to keep track of what paperwork and tests are required to cross the border. Here's a look at the situation in several European countries.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Thursday that vaccination rates in Europe were still far off what was
needed to stop a virus resurgence and called on countries to maintain protective measures.
Norway on Wednesday announced that later this week, those who have been fully vaccinated or had coronavirus in the country can skip entry quarantine and that it would exempt vaccinated travellers using the EU's vaccine passport from entry quarantine in the near future.
Despite ongoing travel restrictions, extra costs and uncertainty over new Covid variants, international residents living across Europe vow to travel abroad this summer. For most it is the need to see family that motivates them.
On June 1st, Sweden rolled out the first step of its five-step plan to lift the country’s coronavirus restrictions and recommendations. Here’s what changes this month.
Sweden's five-step reopening plan gets under way this week. Here are six articles by The Local to help make as much sense as we can of which rules are being lifted, and when (and why).
The WHO's European director warned Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic won't end until at least 70 percent of people are vaccinated, and criticised Europe's vaccine rollout as "too slow".
Sweden on Friday extended the entry ban for non-EU travellers through the summer, but lifted a requirement to show a negative Covid test for visitors from the Nordics.
The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day.
The Swedish government has rolled out a detailed five-step plan for lifting the country's coronavirus restrictions. Here's a list of the planned rule changes between now, September and beyond.
A passenger travelling from the UK to China has told The Local how he was left stranded in Copenhagen airport because of confusion around his obligatory Covid-19 tests.
The 27 member states of the European Union announced on Wednesday they had agreed to allow fully vaccinated travellers to enter the bloc, according to reports.
Denmark on Tuesday announced that coronavirus restrictions will be further lifted on Friday May 21st, despite a slight increase in infection numbers in the last week.
Countries around Europe are starting to reopen as the Covid-19 crisis recedes - but many nations still have strict rules in place, including nighttime curfews. As people book holidays abroad, here's what visitors need to know about current nighttime restrictions in place around Europe.
Sweden’s Uppsala region, which last month became the first Swedish region to urge residents to enter a “personal lockdown”, is set to lift its stricter regional recommendations.
The Swedish Public Health Agency is set to present a new plan today to outline exactly how Sweden could adapt or remove its coronavirus measures step by step.
