The government has updated its entry rules for foreigners and Ukrainians arriving to the country, the Ministry of Health announced on July 28.
The new requirements will come into force seven days after the decree is published. It is yet not clear when it will be published, the health ministry’s press service told the Kyiv Post.
The decision comes amid the spread of the latest and most transmissible variant Delta and forecasts of a new COVID-19 wave in Ukraine in late August.
Both foreigners and Ukrainians that haven’t been vaccinated and have spent more than seven days in the last two weeks in Russia or India will have to self-isolate for 14 days.
Foreigners with no residence permit
To enter Ukraine, foreigners that don’t have a residence permit will have to provide a negative PCR or antigen test result done no less than 72 hours before entry or a document proving complete vaccination against COVID-19. The inoculation has to be with any of of the vaccines authorized by the World Health Organization.
Those who are not fully vaccinated yet will have to do another test no more than 72 hours after arrival. In case they test positive, they will have to self-isolate, tracked through the mobile application Diia Vdoma.
Foreigners must also have health insurance that covers COVID-19 treatment in case of infection.
Foreigners with residence permit
Foreigners with a permanent residency card will have to be either fully vaccinated with a vaccine authorized by the WHO or provide a negative PCR or antigen test result.
Otherwise, they will have to do a COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours after arrival. In the event they test positive, they will have to self-isolate, being monitored through the mobile application Diia Vdoma.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians who return to Ukraine have to provide a certificate proving either full vaccination or receiving the first shot of a vaccine approved by the WHO.
Otherwise, they will have to do a COVID-19 test no more than 72 hours after the arrival. In case they test positive, they will have to self-isolate, being monitored through the mobile application Diia Vdoma.
Coming from Russian-occupied Crimea, Donbas
Those who enter the border from Russian-occupied Crimea or occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts will have to be fully vaccinated, half-vaccinated or do a free antigen test.
