Change of rules for arrivals in Bulgaria of citizens of North Macedonia, Israel, Turkey, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Minister of Health on January 17 issued an order according to which as of January 20, citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia, Israel, Turkey and Serbia and members of their families arriving from an EU country, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the UK, Israel, North Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia, which are red zone countries, may be admitted to Bulgaria on presentation of a valid EU Digital Covid Certificate of vaccination or having had Covid-19, or similar document, along with a negative result of a PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to arrival in Bulgaria.

The order amends a previous one, issuied on January 14.

Also as of the same date, the list of red zone countries will include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Maldives, Fiji, São Tomé and Príncipe and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Under the order, the Vatican City State and Romania are considered to be green zones.

The red zone countries and territories now are:

Australia, Austria, Albania, Afghanistan, Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greenland, Georgia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Eswatini, Israel, Uruguay, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Cabo Verde, Cayman Islands, Canada, Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Colombia, Switzerland, Guiana, North Korea, Bahrain, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Curacao, Lesotho, Lebanon, Bolivia, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, the Isle and Man, Aruba, Argentina, Botswana, Guatemala, Greece, El Salvador, Estonia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cyprus, Costa Rica, Cuba, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, North Macedonia, Seychelles, Suriname, Serbia, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Finland, Chile, South Africa, Saba, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Germany, Brazil, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fiji, France, Croatia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic.