As from January 17, the persons will be allowed to enter Moldova only if they have a vaccination certificate, a negative COVID-19 test result or proof of recovery after contracting the virus during the past six months, no matter what country they come from. Or the persons will be placed in quarantine for a 14-day period, IPN reports.

The COVID-19 certificate should be in Romanian, English, French, German, Italian or Russian.

The persons who do not have any of the aforementioned documents are obliged to self-isolate for a period of 14 days. They must fill out the electronic epidemiological form and must stay in quarantine for 14 days at the declared address. In the case of minors younger than 14, the epidemiological form is completed by the legal representative or by the accompanying person.

The quarantine can be interrupted after the seventh day if the person does a PCR COVID-19 or rapid Ag SARS CoV-2 diagnostic test and its result is negative and is confirmed by an official document.

The measures were adopted by the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission, which extended the state of public health emergency in Moldova until March 15 due to the high contagiousness of the Omicron variant.

Starting with January 17, public eating places in localities on orange alert, like the municipality of Chisinau, will admit clients to fill only 75% of their capacity on the presentation of a COVID-19 certificate.

In the localities on green, yellow or orange alert, such private events as festivities, corporate events, wedding parties and Christening ceremonies will be allowed only if the participants have a COVID-19 certificate. The private events in settlements put on red alert are banned.