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The new traffic light in Europe. The return of Czechs home is complicated! OVERVIEW

The traffic light will affect both Czechs traveling abroad and foreigners wishing to visit the Czech Basin. In most countries, the traffic light is red since this week, indicating a high coronavirus risk. According to Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček (CSSD), efforts have been made to establish uniform rules for travel in the European Union since the spring.

The international traffic light has three colors according to the degree of covid risk. Green is low risk. According to the new rules, it will not be possible to restrict the citizens of the state with the green color in free movement anywhere in the EU, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Citizens from these countries can come to the Czech Republic without having to fill in an entry form and undergo a PCR test or quarantine. The only state shining with this color is currently the Vatican.

Orange is a medium risk. Passengers from these countries can come to the Czech Republic without having to fill in an arrival form. Before entering a workplace or educational institution in the Czech Republic, foreigners who come to us for work or study will have to submit a negative PCR test. Only commuters have an exception.

Passengers should pay the most attention when traveling to countries that are red at the traffic lights. These countries pose a high epidemiological risk. Passengers from these countries must fill in an arrival form before entering the Czech Republic and undergo a PCR test or quarantine upon arrival in the Czech Republic. In addition to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, France and the United Kingdom, for example, are lit red.

The traffic light will be updated every Friday. The traffic light does not apply to trips abroad for a maximum of 12 hours. Children under the age of five also have an exception to testing. However, passengers must comply with national measures. “For all trips abroad, it is necessary to find out in advance about the conditions of entry, restrictions and preventive measures of the destination country,” points out the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Regardless of the traffic light, the conditions of travel to Bavaria have been changing since midnight today. The German region has abolished the exemption for Czech citizens from traveling with a negative test. Thus, a ten-day quarantine is now mandatory, which can be terminated after five days with a negative covid test.

The color change on the traffic light can only be achieved by numbers. Countries will receive the green light, with no more than 25 new cases per 100,000 population in the last two weeks, and less than four percent of tests positive. The orange color will shine on the traffic lights for those countries that have less than 250 positively tested people per hundred thousand inhabitants. As of Monday, Germany, Denmark, the Baltic States, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greece and Cyprus are included in this group. States with a worse epidemiological situation are colored red.

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