Anyone who has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to travel to Iceland without complying with border measures such as testing and quarantine, the Icelandic Ministry of Health said in a statement..

This policy, which is in effect from January 20 for travelers from the Schengen area, will be extended to everyone, regardless of the country of arrival.. Icelandic customs authorities will accept vaccination certificates modeled on Schengen countries or a yellow card from the World Health Organization.

Alternatively, all tourists will be able to take a coronavirus antibody test.

The move makes Iceland one of the first European countries to open its borders outside the Schengen area, which covers 26 countries - most of the 27 EU members, as well as Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Iceland hopes to increase US and UK visitor traffic through new policy.

According to Worldometer, as of March 17, 2021, Iceland has 6? 087 cases of coronavirus infection, of which 29 were fatal.

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