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Switzerland drops quarantine measure for all visitors

Destinations
Tom Parry
3 December 2021

Switzerland is to drop its 10-day quarantine requirements for all visitors entering the country in favour of a tighter testing regime.

A passenger locator form will only have to be completed by those travelling to Switzerland by plane or on a long-distance bus service (Credit: Janosch Diggelmann / Unsplash)

The plans will come into effect from Saturday (4 December) after the country’s Federal Council decided to remove all countries from its quarantine list.

British skiers heading to the Alps this winter had already been handed a lifeline after it was confirmed arrivals transiting Switzerland, but spending less than 24 hours in the country, would not be subject to quarantine.