Updated list of affected countries

Following the Friday update, the Principality of Andorra, Aruba, the Republic of Bulgaria, Kosovo, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of North Macedonia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay have been added to the list of countries whence arrivals fall subject to tighter self-isolation requirements; the Republic of Slovenia has been removed from the list. There is a new requirement for crew members who plan to stay in Lithuania longer than 72 hours to bring in a negative COVID-19 test or get tested in Lithuania.

The updated requirements for carriers impose an obligation for crew members carrying out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles who plan to stay in Lithuania longer than 72 hours to present on their arrival a document (in one of the official languages of the European Union) confirming a test for COVID-19 (coronavirus infection) taken within 72 hours at the earliest before the arrival in Lithuania and a negative test result.

Should they fail to present a test, they will be required, within 24 hours of the arrival in Lithuania, to contact the Coronavirus Hotline at 1808 or other establishment that performs coronavirus tests to book a visit for testing and take a test in due time. Managers of companies operating international commercial transportation in Lithuania will have to inform their staff who stay longer than 72 hours in Lithuania about this requirement.

These requirements will not apply in the case of crew members engaged in the carriage of passengers on international routes by all types of vehicles, who return to/ arrive in the Republic of Lithuania on international passenger routes organised and operated by carriers as regular, special and charter services by all types of vehicles.

The self-isolation rules updated on Friday clarify the self-isolation exemption for seafarers. From now on, self-isolation will be mandatory only for those seafarers who are crew members carrying passengers on international routes.

Another important change in the self-isolation rules applies to employees of listed occupations who come from the countries whence arrivals fall subject to enhanced communicable disease control measures: they will be able to self-isolate in the same apartment or house with other family members that have not travelled together. Family members of these employees will not need to self-isolate.

The self-isolation exemptions set out in the self-isolation rules are available on the NPHC website.

The list of affected countries is published every Friday to take effect on Monday for a weekly duration.

LIST OF COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS INFECTION)

(with effect from 29 March to 4 April)

* Territories without the status of a state

SELF-ISOLATION EXEMPTIONS (with effect from 29 March to 4 April))
There are exemptions, where self-isolation requirement is not applicable but testing for COVID-19 is still mandatory for individuals travelling for the purpose of work-related functions	those enjoying immunities and privileges under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) and under other international agreements and legislation of Lithuania, their family members and their service personnel, also diplomats; those serving in the military units of NATO and of NATO countries and their service personnel, also their family members; officers performing extradition, transfer or takeover tasks; foreigners coming to the intelligence authorities of the Republic of Lithuania for purposes related to ensuring national security, at the permission of the Minister for National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania or Director of the State Security Department of the Republic of Lithuania, respectively; health care professionals; frontier workers, also those crossing the border between the of Lithuania and another EU country every day or every working day: those travelling for work-related purpose, pupils, students and trainees; seafarers except crew members carrying passengers on international routes high-performance athletes, high-performance sports specialists, high-performance sports instructors and sports medical personnel participating in international tournaments that are subject to separate international rules for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic; Lithuanian citizens returning from Belarus: teachers involved in the Lithuanian education in schools in Belarus and clergy performing pastoral work in Belarus.
Testing and self-isolation exemptions for arrivals in Lithuania	those transiting trough the Republic of with only essential stops (such as refuelling or for hygiene purposes) in the Republic of Lithuania. This exemption will apply when the purpose of travelling is not necessarily related to the performance of work functions; those holding a medical document confirming that they recovered from coronavirus diagnosed on the basis of a positive PCR test or an antigen test and that maximum 90 days have passed from the positive testing until the return/entry to the of Lithuania. A document from a medical establishment will not be required in the cases where COVID-19 was diagnosed in Lithuania and the data have been communicated to the Information System of Electronic Health Services and Cooperation Infrastructure in the case of travelling by their own transport to Lithuania. This exemption will apply when the purpose of travelling is not necessarily related to the performance of work functions; those holding a medical document, a country-specific vaccination certificate or an international vaccination certificate confirming that they have gone through the full programme of COVID-19 vaccination with vaccine registered in the Union Register of Medicinal Products; members of official delegations travelling by carrier transport or otherwise; the documents confirming the results of the COVID-19 test or vaccination or recovery must be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Union.
There are exemptions, where testing is not applicable but self-isolation is still mandatory	those under 16 years; crew members: carrying out carriage of passengers on international routes by all types of vehicles arriving in the Republic of Lithuania on international passenger routes organised and operated by carriers as regular, special and charter services by all types of vehicles; those employed in companies engaged in international commercial transportation or who carry out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles, and who travel for the purpose of work-related functions if their stay in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania is shorter than 72 hours. If for some reasons such a person has remained in the Republic of Lithuania longer than 72 hours and has no test, he must within 24 hours of the arrival in Lithuania contact the Coronavirus Hotline at 1808 or other establishment that performs coronavirus tests to book a visit for testing and take a test in due time.
Self-isolation requirements and self-isolation exemptions for crew members employed in companies operating international commercial transportation, or who carry out international commercial transportation by all means of transport, have not been required to test or self-isolate.	Arriving crew members employed in companies engaged in international commercial transportation or who carry out international commercial transportation by all types of vehicles and who travel for the purpose of work-related functions will fall subject to self-isolation from the day of arrival in Lithuania until the day of departure from its territory but no longer than 10 days of arrival/return to Lithuania. Self-isolation will not be mandatory when they deliver or pick up shipment without staying in Lithuania, or when they transit through Lithuania.