Starting October 1 Barbados will implement new Covid19 measures for all arriving travelers. The main changes will include mandatory retest for high and medium-risk countries, monitoring for travelers from high-risk countries for the first 7 days. Monitoring includes interviews and assessments with public health professionals. If any Covid19 symptoms appear during this monitoring period, an additional PCR test.
Change in risk ranking for United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom will be categorized as a high-risk country in accordance with the country risk assessments conducted by the Barbados Ministry of Health & Wellness. As such, persons traveling from or transiting through the UK will be required to follow the protocols under the High-Risk Category.
RISK CATEGORIES OF SELECTED COUNTRIES AS AT SEP 24, 2020*
A traveller’s risk category will be determined by the highest risk level associated with any country that they have traveled to or transited through within 21 days prior to travel to Barbados.
High-Risk: Includes Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Guyana, Haiti, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Africa, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela.
Medium-Risk: Includes Bermuda, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Martinique, Norway,
United Arab Emirates.
Low-Risk: Includes Australia, Cuba, Egypt, Sri Lanka.
Very Low-Risk: Includes Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, China, Dominica, Finland, Greenland, Grenada, Montserrat, New Zealand, Saint Lucia,
St. Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
*For review within 2 weeks
