Lithuania drops its list of COVID-19-affected countries

Lithuanian has dropped its list of COVID-19-affected countries that has been in place for the past 18 months.

Health Minister Arunas Dulkys says the list with its all amendments and adjustments is no longer valid as of Tuesday.

Neringa Mikenaite, the spokeswoman for the Health Ministry, later told BNS that all requirements for travelers are defined in the government's existing resolution on the state-level extreme situation and related legislation.

In her words, the list of affected countries is no longer needed as it would just repeat the existing requirement in the aforementioned legislation.

Up until now, Lithuania updated its list of COVID-19-affected countries every Friday and published it on Monday.