Bulgaria lifts the mandatory 14-day quarantine for arrivals from the UK

As of July 16, the 14 day quarantine and the required PCR test will be lifted for arrivals from Island, Norway, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Vatican, Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry order was issued on July 15 in relation to the Council of Ministers to extend the epidemic situation until July 31.

PCR test will not be required for persons arriving in Bulgaria from EU Member States (with the exception of Sweden and Portugal), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as countries under the Schengen Agreement. The obligatory 14- day quarantine will be lifted for them.

All arrivals from Sweden and Portugal, as well as from all third countries other than those listed above, upon entering Bulgaria must present a document confirming a negative result from a PCR test conducted up to 72 hours before entering the country. Citizens who do not provide such a document will be required to spend 14 days in obligatory quarantine.

Citizens of North Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro can transit through Bulgaria in order to return to the country of which they are citizens. The same applies to third-country nationals who have a long-term residence permit in a Member State of the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or in a Schengen country and their family members.

The directors of the regional health inspectorates shall cancel the quarantine of those who arrived in Bulgaria in the period from July 2,2020 to July 15,.2020 from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.