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The government has abandoned its restricted green list of countries that people can visit without being quarantined upon return.
It will be replaced by a European Union-wide traffic light system based on data provided by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
Under those new rules, only a handful of EU countries, including Hungary, Romania, Croatia, France and Spain, will remain largely inaccessible to the Irish in the coming weeks, based on current Covid-19 case numbers.
Countries colored green will cover territories where the number of cases is less than 25 per 100,000 inhabitants in a period of 14 days and the percentage of positive tests is less than 3%.
Countries will be colored orange for countries with less than 50 cases per 100,000.
All countries on the green and amber lists will be open to Irish passengers.
Countries will be colored red if there are more than 50 cases per 100,000 and people traveling from those countries will have to quarantine themselves for 14 days after their return or undergo a Covid-19 test to prove they are negative. .
The national incidence of Covid-19 in the state is now 50.3 cases per 100,000 residents during the 14-day period.
Speaking at a press conference to announce Ireland’s new medium-term plan to tackle the coronavirus, Living with Covid-19, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that the Government will continue to work with EU member states to present a proposal for travel.
He added that the current list of normal travel warning precautions from the Department of Foreign Affairs will be updated.
More to follow.
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