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Denmark will be open to travel from all of Sweden's regions from August 1st, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Sweden has met the criteria needed to be classed by Denmark as an 'open country' thanks to a low enough rate of infection, meaning that anyone may travel across the border if they can prove they have a worthy purpose.

The change was announced on Thursday but will first come into effect on Saturday August 1st.

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Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against all unnecessary travel to Bulgaria and Romania, with infection levels in these countries now over the rate deemed as safe by Danish infectious disease institute SSI.

In general, Denmark is only allowing entry to people from countries with a low spread of coronavirus.

Under Denmark's guidelines, SSI judges countries 'open' if the rate of new coronavirus infections per head over the preceding week is less than 20 cases per 100,000 people, meaning Danish residents can travel there for leisure purposes and will not be advised to spend 14 days in home isolation on their return. 

Countries where the rate of new coronavirus infections per head over the preceding week is more than 30 per 100,000 people, will be judged 'quarantine' or ‘closed’, meaning  non-essential travel is not advised and travellers are advised to be tested for Covid-19 and stay home for 14 days after visiting them. 

On top of this, there is a Nordic mechanism and special rules for border regions. This will mean that the regions of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland and Germany will all also be judged “open” or “quarantine”, in the same way as countries. 

This means travellers from these regions can enter Denmark, and Danish citizens are advised that they can travel to these regions for tourism.

Ireland meets the criteria for low infection rates but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all unnecessary travel there due to Ireland’s 14-day quarantine requirement for foreign arrivals.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs originally advised against all unnecessary travel abroad on March 13th, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Restrictions were eased at the end of June, enabling travel to most EU countries and countries in the Schengen area.

You can find country-by-country travel guidelines on the website of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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