As of the rapid covid-19 surge reported in cities, Austria’s government announced to temporarily close the three border crossing points with their neighboring country- Slovakia from January 14,
Based on Slovakia’s Ministry of Interior statement, three border crossing points will temporarily suspend their operations, till further notice:
- Angern an der March – Záhorská Ves – road/company
2. Schloss Hof – DevĂnska Nová Ves – Cyklomost Slobody
3. Hainburg an der Donau – DevĂn – river border crossing on the Danube
“Because of the unfavorable crisis of COVID-19 within the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Austria tightened controls its border points from January 9, 2021. It is just possible to cross the border at official border crossings,” the statement of Slovakia’s Ministry of Interior stated.
As well as, beginning from January 15, each individual, including residents and residents of Austria, might be required to register on-line, earlier than crossing the nation’s border,
However, there might be some exceptions concerning Austria’s newest decision. Commuters, transit, and individuals wishing to enter the nation for household or particular causes are not going to need to fill out a form when getting into, the present ten-days necessary quarantine rule will proceed to stay in place and won’t be modified, regardless of that a test will be taken after 5 days.
Each one who might be obliged to fill a form upon their arrival in Austria might be required to provide detailed data like their date of birth, residential address, e-mail address, and the date of entry and date of departure. They have to also show data concerning the nations they’ve been in through the last ten days.
In case that the address at which individuals might be self-isolated differs from their regular residential address, individuals are not going to need to provide this info, All the information supplied by individuals who fill a form is saved by authorities in Austria for 28 days after which deleted.
Austria’s government imposed the second lockdown within the nation, on November 3, as a part of the nation’s efforts to cease the additional spread of the virus, the lockdown was set to last till the end of November, whereas the nation’s authorities clarified who can enter Austria amid the second imposed lockdown.
However, the lockdown’s date has been extended till January 25. Still, the Austrian Health Minister Rudolf Anschober pressured that the COVID-19 lockdown may proceed to be extended because of the virus’s new variant, recognized in other nations, he also asserted that Austria was now getting into the “most troublesome part of the pandemic.”
