It seems they are allowing vaccinated residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland to avoid quarantine upon arrival.
Was looking for something more reliable and official than an Irish newspaper...
The
official Icelandic Covid website uses a crazy word salad to describe the requirements and is somewhat contradictory (all emphasis mine):
Those who have confirmed with PCR-testing or antibody testing from an EU/EFTA state that they have previously had a COVID-19 infection are exempt from quarantine. All those who present a valid international vaccination certificate for full vaccination with an approved vaccine against COVID-19 are exempt.
But then it says:
Certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 or confirmation of previous COVID-19 infection can not exempt individuals from the current travel restrictions. These certificates can only exempt individuals who are already authorised to travel to Iceland from quarantine and testing requirements.
What does that even mean
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As far as what's an acceptable vaccine certification,
the health ministry lays forth the requirements forCertificates accepted at the border for exemption of testing:
...which seems to
not exempt you from quarantine.
Also interesting is that in addition to the expected EEA/EFTA acceptability, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine would be accepted from anywhere:
Certificates from the the World Health Organization (WHO) (the International Certificate of Vaccination or the Carte Jaune/Yellow Card) is also accepted for vaccines the WHO has validated. The following is a list of vaccines validated by the WHO (this list is updated as needed):
1. Comirnaty; Pfizer/BioNTech: certificate valid regardless of where vaccination took place.
In short, it would seem that there's a pathway to entry for Americans without testing and quarantine via the Pfizer vaccine. Personaly though I wouldn't be confident enough to get on a plane just yet, based on the confusing language.