Sweden scraps general covid test entry requirement

The recent requirement that all non-resident foreign travellers must take a Covid test up to 48 hours before arrival in Sweden is to be scrapped, the government announced today.

The negative test requirement which was introduced on the 28th of December will now only remain in place until this Friday.

The omicron variant of Covid-19 is so widespread in Sweden that travellers coming into Sweden are no longer seen as affecting its spread in society, the government says.