Austria to put Prague on list of “high-risk” travel destinations

Austria will put Prague on its list of “high-risk” travel destinations as of next week, the country’s foreign ministry announced on Thursday.

This means that anyone arriving from the Czech capital will have to produce a negative Covid-19 test or self-isolate.

The Czech authorities are negotiating with Austria to try to agree on an exemption for people who have already paid for their holiday trips to the neighbour state.

The upsurge in coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic has led neighbouring states to tighten travel restrictions.

Germany considers most of the Czech Republic high-risk, with the exception of two regions, and Slovakia has added the whole country to its list of high-risk states. Poland has not announced any immediate plans to do so.