Slovenia, Latvia and Estonia take Czech Republic off their list of “safe” countries for travel

Slovenia, Latvia and Estonia have taken the Czech Republic off their list of safe countries for travel. Czech Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček confirmed the news on Friday saying that Czechs entering these countries would be required to go into a two-week quarantine or produce a negative COVID 19 test no older than 36 hours. Transit through Slovenia will still be possible.

The Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, protested against the move on Friday, asking his Slovenian counterpart to reconsider the decision. He said the increased number of infected persons in recent days were due to a local outbreak.

Foreign Minister Petříček said he had received assurances from his Slovenian counterpart that the Czech Republic would be included on the list of safe destinations as soon as the number of infected per 100,000 inhabitants drops to below ten. It is currently 14 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.