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Iceland drops all remaining Covid-19 travel restrictions

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Will Payne
25 February 2022

Iceland has removed all remaining Covid-19 related travel and domestic restrictions in a bid to achieve "widespread societal resistance" to the virus.

(Credit: Young Shih / Unsplash)

Southwest Iceland has been experiencing eruptions since late last year (Credit: Young Shih / Unsplash)

On Friday (25 February), all public and border regulations in relation to Covid were removed for all visitors, regardless of vaccination status. The country’s quarantine requirement for those infected was also lifted. 

In a statement, the country’s health ministry said it wanted "as many people as possible" to be infected with the virus to achieve "widespread societal resistance". 

"We can truly rejoice at this turning-point, but nonetheless I encourage people to be careful, practice personal infection prevention measures and not to interact with others if they notice symptoms," the minister for health said.