The government of Armenia on Monday made changes in its decision on declaring quarantine due to the coronavirus, and, accordingly, it has eased the respective strict restrictions that have been in place at the country’s airports for the past 1.5 years.

According to the new changes, the period of self-isolation for airline passengers arriving in Armenia has been reduced from 14 days to 7 days, and for those who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19—to 10 calendar days, but which can be reduced to up to 7 calendar days in case of a negative PCR test result.

In addition, in order to avoid acute respiratory infections at Armenia’s airports, it is now proposed to allow greeters of those arriving at these airports to enter the arrival halls—but provided that the anti-epidemic rules are strictly observed.

And to avoid possible overcrowding, the National Security Service, the Police, and the Health and Labor Inspectorate of Armenia will be permitted to apply measures to restrict the movement of persons.

The new regulations will take effect as of Tuesday, but will not apply to those who are self-isolated as of that day.