The United Kingdom remains on Malta’s travel red list as the country published an amber list with some minor revisions.
The government announced its revised amber list on Thursday afternoon, with the changes coming into effect as of Saturday 13 February at midnight.
Travel from the UK were suspended on 22 December last year, with the country being placed on Malta’s red list owing to concerns over the presence of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus in the country.
Only Maltese citizens and persons who reside in Malta and were in the UK at the time of the announcement were allowed to return to Malta. All those who came into the country were subject to a PCR swab test upon arrival and had to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
Changes to the amber list are the movement of certain regions in France, Germany, and Greece off Malta’s green list onto the said amber list.
Previously, the Ile-de-France region in France, the Baden-Wurttemberg region in Germany, and the Attiki region in Greece were on Malta’s green list and exempted from the amber list.
The new list however shows all of the three countries, with no exemptions for specific regions.
Under government regulations, all those arriving in Malta from a country on the amber list must present a negative PCR Covid-19 test result from no more than 72 hours prior to their arrival in Malta.
Travellers arriving in Malta from any of the said countries who fail to produce such a test may be submitted to testing in Malta and may be subject to quarantine, the authorities said.
The full amber list is reproduced below:
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy (all airports except Sicily and Sardinia)
Japan
Jordan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal (all airports except Madeira, Azores)
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain (all airports except Canarias)
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uruguay
Vatican City