QUARANTINE FOR FOREIGNERS IN BUCHAREST IN 2022

NEW RULES TO ENTER BUCHAREST UNTIL JANUARY 2022

UPDATE MARCH 2022 – FOREIGNERS ONLY NEED THE DIGITAL PASSENGER LOCATOR!

UPDATE! Romanian authorities followed the world wide trend in the fight against pandemic and are ready to bring into force new rules. First of all, from December 20, 2021, everyone who enters Romania will have to fill the so-called digital form which will be available at this website: plf.gov.ro. On the other hand, we enter in 2022 with quarantine for foreigners who are coming to Romania and Bucharest from countries with high infection rate and are not vaccinated. The decision was taken on December, 7 and will be in force soon.

To mention that in Romania the 5th wave of pandemic is imminent, according to doctors, since less than half of the inhabitants are vaccinated against covid. In Bucharest, the vaccination rate was, a few days ago, at about 70%. Yet, since the new mutation Omicron is already in Romania, it is a matter of time until it will spread in the Romanian capital too. Also to mention, rules are half respected in Bucharest. It depends where you go and what you do. For instance, in low budget market places, you will see people with no protection mask and so on. In malls, cinemas, restaurants, museums the situation is quite different in the good sense.

WHEN FOREIGN TOURISTS ENTER QUARANTINE IN BUCHAREST

This is the situation in Romania on December, 7, 2021, according to the official source of information, the CNCAV. According to this situation, the new rules about quarantine, PCR tests and so on, will come into force in Romania from December 10, 2021 to January 8, 2022. This is the period when foreigners not vaccinated that are coming to Romania might have to stay in quarantine under a few specific conditions.  To mention that things might change if the infection rate with the new coronavirus rises. 

QUARANTINE FOR FOLLOWING EU, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SPACE AND SWISS CONF TOURISTS

1. 14 days quarantine if you are not vaccinated, you haven’t caught the virus in the past 180 days( at least 14 days since you got it and got over it), or you haven’t got a negative PCR test in the past 72 hours and you are coming from green or yellow countries( see the updated list of the countries HERE ). 
2. 14 days quarantine if you are not vaccinated, haven’t caught the virus in the past 180 days( at least 14 days since you got it and got over it) if coming from countries in red area. ATTENTION! , if coming from red countries and you are not vaccinated, nor you got rid of virus, you enter quarantine 10 DAYS only if you have a negative RT-PCR test made at least 72 hours before coming to Romania.  

                EXCEPTIONS FROM QUARANTINE FOR EU, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SPACE AND SWISS CONF TOURISTS

• Children who are 12 or not yet 12 years old. 
• Children from 12 to 16 years old if they have a negative test made in the past 72 hours, no matter the country they are coming from and we’re talking about the European space and the Swiss Confederation. 
• Foreign students who need to come to Romania periodically to take tests and pass exams and so on, staff members for sport teams, artists who are to perform in Romania. If they are neither vaccinated, nor successfully got rid of the virus, they need to show a negative test made 72 hours before coming in Romania. 
• Drivers who enter or leave Romania for transporting goods and have at least 2.4 tones vehicles. Learn more on the Romanian Government official page. 

TOURISTS COMING FROM OUTSIDE EU, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SPACE AND SWISS CONF

1. 14 days quarantine for persons who do now show a negative RT-PCR test made in the last 48 hours before entering Romania, no matter they are vaccinated and do not have the proof or got rid of the disease. 
2. 10 days quarantine for people not vaccinated and who have never caught the virus in the past 180 days, if they show a negative RT-PCR test taken 48 hours before entering the country. Also, if you come from a state outside EU, European economic space or Swiss Conf and you are vaccinated or got rid of disease, but you do NOT show a negative test made in the past 48 hours, you have to stay 10 days in quarantine.  

EXCEPTIONS FROM QUARANTINE IN BUCHAREST FOR THIRD COUNTRIES TOURISTS

• Children under 12 and children from 12 to 16 if they have a RT-PCR negative test made 48 hours before getting on a plane or crossing the Romanian borders. 
• Persons who are to stay for no more than 3 days in Romania and, if they are not vaccinated or caught the virus in the past 180, will show the proof of a negative RT-PCR test made 48 hours before coming to Romania by plane or crossing the border. If these conditions are not respected, you enter into quarantine for 14 days. 
• People who are staying in Romania for only 24 hours. 

There are also excepted from quarantine drivers who transit Romania, transporting goods, members of sport delegations, pupils or students who are classes in Romania, all under different circumstances – see the entire set of measures HERE.  

The new measures are in force from December 10, 2021 to January 8, 2022. Here, on Bucharest-travel.com will keep updated the story. You can also keep in touch with us on Facebook .