Slovakia: Slovakia Transport Ministry this week announced, “Airlines flying from high-risk countries to Slovakia will be obliged to ensure only people with a negative PCR test result in no older than 72 hours board the plane”, the new rule will come into effect as of December 25.
“In practice, this means that the tests will be checked at check-in in the country from which the passenger departs, while the PCR test must not be older than 72 hours,” said Transport Minister Andrej Doležal (nominee of Sme Rodina), as quoted by the SITA newswire.
All people older than 12 years and 2 months have to have a negative PCR test result when departing high-risk countries.
The Transport Ministry said that the ban on civilian flights from seven African countries is still valid until December 31, 2021.
These include Botswana, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The ban also applies to flights from Slovakia to these countries.
