Period of Quarantine (Amendment No. 4) Order, 2021

L.N. 300 of 2021

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

(CAP. 465)

Period of Quarantine (Amendment No. 4) Order, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 27(c) of the

Public Health Act, the Superintendent of Public Health has made the

following order:-

(1) The title of this order is the Period of Quarantine

commencement.

(Amendment No. 4) Order, 2021 and this order shall be read and

construed as one with the Period of Quarantine Order, hereinafter

referred to as "the principal order".

(2)

This order shall come into force on 14 July 2021.

The proviso to sub-article (1) of article 2 of the principal

order shall be substituted by the following new proviso

"Provided that the Superintendent of Public Health may, in

her absolute discretion, provide for exemptions from the provisions of

this order, by notice in the Gazette or by protocols issued, or already in

force, for this purpose, where, in the opinion of the Superintendent of

Public Health, the travel without the imposition of any period of

quarantine is deemed necessary or essential in relation to certain

persons, goods or services.".

Sub-article (3) of article 2 of the principal order shall be

substituted by the following new sub-article

"(3) Any person arriving in Malta from any of the

following countries shall not be required to submit

himself to any period of quarantine upon his arrival to

Malta so long as that person, upon his arrival in Malta, is

in possession of a vaccination certificate

(a) Austria;

(b) Cyprus;

(c) Czech Republic;

(d) Denmark;

(e) Estonia;

(f) Finland;

(g) Hungary;

(h) Iceland;

(i)

Ireland;

(j)

Germany;

(k)

Latvia;

(l)

Lithuania;

(m)

Luxembourg;

(n)

Norway;

(o)

Italy;

(p)

France;

(q)

Slovakia;

(r)

Switzerland;

(s)

Greece;

(t)

Croatia;

(u)

Spain;

(v)

Poland;

(w)

Belgium;

(x)

Bulgaria;

(y)

Netherlands;

(z)

Canada;

(aa)

Australia;

(ab)

New Zealand;

(ac)

South Korea;

(ad)

Andorra;

(ae)

Monaco;

(af)

San Marino;

(ag)

China;

(ah)

Vatican City;

(ai)

Israel;

(aj)

Singapore;

(ak)

Slovenia;

(al)

Japan;

(am) United States of America but only

limited to the following states Washington,

Oregon, Louisiana, West Virginia, North Dakota,

Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,

Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina,

New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, Maine, South

Dakota, Michigan, Illinois, Delaware, Wisconsin,

Puerto Rico, Hawaii, New Jersey, Minnesota,

Connecticut, Alaska, New Hampshire, Maryland,

New York, Rhode Island, District of Columbia,

Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Idaho,

Kentucky, American Samoa, Federated States of

Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau,

Republic of Marshall Islands, Arkansas, Missouri,

Oklahoma, Mississippi, Virgin Islands, Nevada,

Arizona, Wyoming, Utah, Alabama, Colorado,

Guam, Indiana, Montana and Kansas;

(an) Gibraltar;

(ao) Portugal;

(ap) Romania;

(aq) Lebanon;

(ar) United Arab Emirates;

(as) Turkey;

(at) Jordan;

(au) Liechtenstein;

(av) Sweden;

(aw) Belarus;

(ax) Belize;

(ay) Bosnia and Herzegovina;

(az) Bhutan;

(ba) Fiji;

(bb) Jamaica;

(bc) Georgia;

(bd) Faroe Islands;

(be) Kosovo;

(bf) Kazakhstan;

(bg) North Macedonia;

(bh) Montenegro;

(bi) Moldova;

(bj) Vietnam;

(bk) Egypt;

(bl) Iran;

(bm) Libya;

(bn) Panama;

(bo) Qatar;

(bp) Cuba;

(bq) Serbia;

(br) Albania;

(bs) Armenia;

(bt) Azerbaijan;

(bu) Saudi Arabia;

(bv) the United Kingdom;

(bw) Ukraine

Provided that any person who cannot take the

vaccine for medical reasons and any person between the

ages of five (5) to eleven (11) years, both ages included,

shall not be required to submit himself to any period of

quarantine upon his arrival to Malta from any of the

countries listed in this sub-article if he is not in possession

of a vaccination certificate, so long as upon his arrival in

Malta he is in possession of a negative Polymerase Chain

Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test performed not longer

than seventy-two (72) hours before his arrival in Malta

Provided further that any person who is resident

in Malta and who prior to the entry into force of this order

was already expected to return to Malta from any of the

countries listed in this sub-article or in the Period of

2021. Quarantine (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, shall not be

required to submit himself to any period of quarantine

upon his arrival to Malta from any of the countries listed

in this sub-article or in the Period of Quarantine

(Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, if he is not in

possession of a vaccination certificate, so long that upon

his arrival in Malta he is in possession of a negative

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test

performed not longer than seventy-two (72) hours before

his arrival in Malta

Provided further that any person who is

resident in Malta and who prior to the entry into force

of this order was already expected to return to Malta

from any of the other countries listed in the

Government Notice published under the Period of

2021. Quarantine (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, may

return to Malta from any of the other countries listed in

the Government Notice published under the Period of

Quarantine (Amendment No. 3) Order, 2021, so long

as that person upon his arrival in Malta is in possession

of a vaccination certificate

Provided further that any person under the age

of five (5) years shall not be required to submit himself to

any period of quarantine upon his arrival to Malta from

any of the countries listed in this sub-article if, upon his

arrival in Malta, he is not in possession of a vaccination

certificate or a negative Polymerase Chain Reaction

(PCR) COVID-19 test.".

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