Vacationers who are not fully vaccinated against the corona virus can remove their make-up from their stay in Malta, Gozo and Comino from July 14, 2021. According to Health Minister Chris Fearne, the island republic will only allow fully vaccinated people to enter the country in the future.

The EU vaccination certificates with QR code as well as the counterpart of the United Kingdom are currently accepted as proof. Children traveling with their vaccinated parents require a negative PCR result.

In the last few days, new Covid infections have increased in Malta and Gozo. Out of concern about the Delta variant, it has now been decided that only fully vaccinated people are allowed to enter without quarantine. Everyone else has to go into segregation. There will also be some exceptions, but these are not really applicable to tourists.

In the last few days, various states have tightened their entry requirements. For example, Slovakia only allows people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to enter without quarantine. The Czech Republic demands a negative PCR test from everyone else. Germany classifies Spain again as a risk area and Cyprus even as a high incidence area. If you are neither vaccinated nor recovered, a beach holiday and Paphos or Larnaka can result in quarantine.

The recent tightening of the entry regulations, which are gradually being imposed by more and more EU members, clearly show that the Green Passport is a veritable crap and that it is literally not worth the paper. The nation states are not even thinking of creating uniform travel conditions. Only those who are fully vaccinated actually benefit from this document, but those who have been tested and / or recovered are at a disadvantage in more and more countries and are being discriminated against. The promise that one can travel freely again with the “green passport”, at least in the Schengen area, was sabotaged by Germany even before the official start, because the holiday country Portugal was assigned the bulky term virus variant area and the associated compulsory quarantine.

The approach of the governments is very reminiscent of the previous year. First the borders were opened and only a few days or weeks later the quarantine club was unpacked again. This year the only difference is that at least one negative test is required when entering many countries. In most cases, vaccinated people are exempt from all harassment, although in Austria and Germany they also have to be quarantined if they come from “virus variant areas”.

Malta hopes with the measure that only vaccinated people are allowed to enter without quarantine, that the Delta variant can be brought under control. The language schools used by young people from all over Europe are also being temporarily closed. That shouldn't have a strong impact, because many children and young people can no longer enter the country anyway, as the vaccination rate is very low and under 12-year-olds cannot be vaccinated anyway. Another exciting factor is that the Maltese hoteliers have received an extraordinary number of bookings from Germany this year. It remains to be seen whether the new entry regulations will result in a wave of cancellations.