Current Status:
PCR test required on arrival from most of UK excluding Scotland, requirement to self-isolate for 14 days on return to the UK.
Masks: Wearing of protective face coverings is required when visiting indoor public spaces, such as markets, post offices, health institutions, shops, banks, including when using public transport.
Social Distancing: 2 meters.
Group Meetings: Museums and tourist sites, shops, gyms, hairdressers, swimming pools and restaurants have re- opened but with restrictions on the number of customers allowed entry, a requirement to wear a mask and an ability to maintain social distancing.
Bars will be closed from 29 October until 1 December. Discos and nightclubs are closed. Boat parties are not allowed. Groups, in public places, are limited to 6 people. Masks are mandatory in all public spaces, indoor and outdoor (under 3s are exempt). Fines will be levied for non-compliance..
Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean between Sicily and the North African coast. It’s a nation known for historic sites related to a succession of rulers including the Romans, Moors, Knights of Saint John, French and British. It has numerous fortresses, megalithic temples and the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, a subterranean complex of halls and burial chambers dating to circa 4000 B.C.
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England
Travelling to Malta
Travellers from Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle will be required to present evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.
If arriving from anywhere else in the England then you will not be required to self-isolate on arrival. There will, however, be temperature checks and random testing at the airport.
Returning from Malta
When you return, you must follow the rules for entering the UK. You:
- need to provide your journey and contact details up to 48 hours before you’re due to arrive in the UK
- are not allowed to leave the place you’re staying for the first 14 days you’re in the UK except in very limited situations (known as ‘self-isolating’)
Wales
Travelling to Malta
Travellers from Cardiff will be required to present evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.
If arriving from anywhere else in Wales then you will not be required to self-isolate on arrival. There will, however, be temperature checks and random testing at the airport.
Returning from Malta
When you return, you must follow the rules for entering the UK. You:
- need to provide your journey and contact details up to 48 hours before you’re due to arrive in the UK
- are not allowed to leave the place you’re staying for the first 14 days you’re in the UK except in very limited situations (known as ‘self-isolating’)
Scotland
Travelling to Malta
Arriving to Malta from Scotland you will not be required to self-isolate on arrival. There will, however, be temperature checks and random testing at the airport.
Returning from Malta
When you return, you must follow the rules for entering the UK. You:
- need to provide your journey and contact details up to 48 hours before you’re due to arrive in the UK
- are not allowed to leave the place you’re staying for the first 14 days you’re in the UK except in very limited situations (known as ‘self-isolating’)
Northern Ireland
Travelling to Malta
Travellers from Belfast will be required to present evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.
If arriving from anywhere else in Northern Ireland then you will not be required to self-isolate on arrival. There will, however, be temperature checks and random testing at the airport.
Returning from Malta
When you return, you must follow the rules for entering the UK. You:
- need to provide your journey and contact details up to 48 hours before you’re due to arrive in the UK
- are not allowed to leave the place you’re staying for the first 14 days you’re in the UK except in very limited situations (known as ‘self-isolating’)
COVID-19 Data: (Source Worldometer)
All information correct as of 29/10/2020 @ 13:20
