Countries that still ask for a Covid vaccine or test to travel in 2023.

The WHO declared that the coronavirus no longer constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern" but that does not mean that unrestricted travel can now be done around the world.
The World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on May 5 that COVID-19 has become "a persistent health problem, which is here to stay, and which, therefore, no longer constitutes a major public health emergency." international".

But that does not mean that you can now travel without restrictions around the world. There are still countries where the vaccine requirement is still mandatory for entry.

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borders, which practically paralyzed international tourism.

In the following months, however, "the acquisition of greater knowledge about the virus facilitated the adoption of a more flexible approach to risk, allowing destinations to replace this total closure with lighter measures, such as testing and requirements vaccination for tourists.

Negative PCR test for travelers from China
Currently, nine countries still require passengers coming from China to provide a negative PCR test before departure.

These 9 destinations are: Costa Rica, Cyprus, Finland, Guyana, Iraq, Malta, Qatar, United Kingdom, and one country, Morocco, prohibits entry to passengers from China.

Mandatory tests for passengers from any country
Another 11 countries require Covid tests for all passengers before travel or on arrival.

These eleven countries are: Afghanistan, Angola, Central African Republic, China, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Nauru, Niue, Tokelau, Turkmenistan and Tuvalu.

Another 49 countries also require testing for unvaccinated travelers.

Countries

18 countries still require vaccination
On the other hand, 18 countries still require vaccination as an entry requirement, "which is not consistent with the provisions of the International Health Regulations or with the current provisional recommendations of the WHO," says the UNWTO. Those countries are:

United States of America
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Kiribati
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Liberia
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Countries that no longer require vaccination
Currently, almost all destinations have lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions.

According to the UNWTO report, 119 countries do not require vaccination as an entry requirement and 50 countries accept vaccination as part of COVID certificates (the traveler can present the vaccination or the test).