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Third-country nationals will remain unable to travel to Luxembourg for non-essential reasons as the country has announced an extension of current restrictions until June 30.
According to a press release issued by the country’s official website, the entry restrictions will not apply to Ukrainian nationals, which are permitted in Luxembourg without being subject to the restrictions, provided they are fleeing their home country due to the war, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Moreover, the government warns that the vaccination certificates of Benin and Jordan will be recognised as valid for entry.
“Furthermore, on the basis of an amendment to Council Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction, Luxembourg will now also allow third-country nationals holding a recovery certificate to enter the territory of the Grand Duchy, including for non-essential travel,” the authority reveals while stressing that accepted recovery certificates include those issued by health authorities in the EU Member States and several third countries.
In addition, residents of the following countries can enter Luxembourg, even for non-essential travelling:
Chile, China, Colombia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Rwanda, New Zealand, Qatar, Ukraine, Uruguay, Hong Kong and Macao.
Furthermore, vaccination certificates issued by health authorities of the following countries are recognised as valid for entry by Luxembourg’s government:
However, not all recovery certificates issued by these countries are valid for entry to Luxembourg. The following countries represent the valid recovery certificates issued by the government:
Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Panama, Republic of North Macedonia, Albania, Andorra, United Kingdom, San Marino, Armenia, Benin, Cabo Verde, El Salvador, Georgia, Israel, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Uruguay.
According to the data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Luxembourg has registered a total of 185,707 COVID-19 infection cases and 995 deaths since March, which marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. In addition, the same source reveals that in the last seven days, a total of 4,512 persons have tested positive for the Coronavirus, while seven persons have died.
The average vaccination uptake stands at 73.1 per cent of all adult population while 55.9 per cent have received their booster shots, as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reveals.