From tomorrow, travel between Czech Republic and Slovakia permitted for 48 hours without a COVID-19 test

From tomorrow, borders between the Czech Republic and Slovakia will be open to travel of up to two days without the requirement to provide a negative COVID-19 test, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has announced.

“I have spoken with Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic and we have agreed that from Wednesday, May 27, we will allow Czech and Slovak citizens to travel between our states if they return within 48 hours,” Babiš tweeted last night.

“It will be possible without tests and without quarantine. [The borders] should be overseen by Slovak police officers.”

For the past two months under anti-coronavirus measures, travel between the Czech Republic and Slovakia has been possible only under certain circumstances, and with the requirement to provide a negative COVID-19 test no older than four days.

Also Monday, the government announced that it would be easing measures at other borders.

From today, all crossings between the Czech Republic and Germany and Austria will be opened, and police will only conduct spot-checks on passing vehicles. A requirement to produce a negative COVID-19 test if stopped is still in effect, however.

Previously, only a small number of crossings between the countries had been opened, and all vehicles were subject to checks, resulting in some long queues at the borders.