Bermuda: Officials maintaining COVID-19-related measures as of Jan. 19 /update 36

Officials in Bermuda maintaining COVID-19-related measures as of Jan. 19; nightly curfew remains in place.

Event

As of Jan. 19, authorities in Bermuda are maintaining most COVID-19-related domestic and travel restrictions.

Domestic Measures
A nightly 12:30-05:00 curfew remains in place until further notice. Gatherings are allowed with a maximum of 20 people, and restaurants, bars, and clubs must limit tables to a maximum of 10 people and ensure social distancing measures between tables. Places of worship may remain open but everyone inside must wear facemasks.

Most businesses require customers to present a QR code, indicating that the customer is either fully vaccinated or had received a negative COVID-19 PCR test result within the previous 72-hour period. Facemasks are required to be worn in indoor public settings and outdoors if social distancing is not possible.

International Travel Restrictions
Requirements for travelers entering from international destinations are as follows:

All individuals - including residents - wishing to travel to Bermuda must apply for government authorization by completing an online form one to three days before departure.
All nonresident travelers aged two years and older must produce a negative result from a COVID-19 PCR test taken no more than four days before their arrival in Bermuda or an antigen test no more than three days before arrival. Travelers arriving by sea or who are not fully vaccinated can only present a PCR test. Authorities encourage pre-arrival PCR tests for residents but do not require them.
All visitors aged 18 and older entering by air or sea must be fully vaccinated (those who received the final dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine more than 14 days before arriving).
All fully vaccinated individuals must take an additional COVID-19 test upon arrival and will receive a red wristband. Individuals will then need to quarantine at their accommodations while awaiting the test result and can only remove their wristband and end quarantine upon receiving a negative result. They must also take a COVID-19 test on days four and 10 of their stay.
All fully vaccinated residents aged two years and older arriving without a pre-arrival negative PCR test result will spend their first four days in quarantine at their accommodations. These individuals must wear their wristbands until the receipt of a negative result from their day-four COVID-19 test, at which point the quarantine period will end; an additional test is required on day 10.
All unvaccinated travelers - including residents - and those who have been to Brazil, India, or South Africa in the previous 14 days must take a test upon arrival and quarantine for 14 days at their accommodations. Unvaccinated travelers with a pre-travel COVID-19 test will also be required to take a test on their third day of the quarantine, while those without a pre-travel test will be required to take a test on their seventh day of quarantine. All unvaccinated travelers may have to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet during their quarantine and will need to take a PCR test on day 14.
Visitors should also have insurance that covers COVID-19 treatment and hospitalization or be responsible for all health and accommodation costs.

Authorities could reimpose, extend, further ease, or otherwise amend any restrictions with little-to-no notice depending on disease activity over the coming weeks.

Advice

Follow all official instructions. Abide by national health and safety measures. Reconfirm all travel arrangements. Ensure contingency plans account for further disruptive measures or extensions of current restrictions.