Authorities in the Czech Republic have announced they have added Cyprus, Norway, Switzerland and Monaco to the list of areas considered badly affected by the coronavirus; Therefore, arrivals from these countries are subject to testing requirements.

Such a decision was confirmed by the Czech Ministry of Health and is made taking into account the epidemiological situation in other countries, according to data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), reports SchengenVisaInfo.com.

In addition, the same ministry has made it clear that Bulgaria, Malta and Italy will move to the red category, which consists of areas considered badly affected by the virus.

The new changes will take effect on Monday, December 6th.

However, the authorities in the Czech Republic have made it clear that people who have completed their vaccination process against the virus and have a valid vaccination card are not required to follow entry requirements such as testing or self-isolation.

The authorities in the Czech Republic continue to classify other areas into several categories, such as: green, orange, red and Dark red, taking into account the COVID-19 situation in them.

the green List contains countries that are considered safe for the COVID-19 situation. Currently only includes the State of Vatican City from European areas.

Regarding countries outside Europe, the Czech Green List includes the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Indonesia, Colombia, Korea, Canada, Qatar, Kuwait, Macau, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Peru, United Arab Emirates, Rwanda , Uruguay or Taiwan.

Countries that pose a medium risk of infection with respect to COVID-19 and its new strains are in the Czech Republic orange Category.

The red category, which consists of areas that have recently reported high COVID-19 infection rates, includes the following countries: Bulgaria, Finland, France, Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, Romania, Malta, Italy, Sweden, and Spain including the. Canary and Balearic Islands.

At the same time, the authorities in the Czech Republic have added the following areas to the Dark red Category after confirming that they were badly affected by the virus in the past two weeks:

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Norway, Monaco, Ireland, Iceland, Greece, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, San Marino, Estonia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Slovenia, as well other third countries outside the EU.

The Czech Ministry of Health has made it clear that the same rules apply to returnees from countries in the red category as to returnees from the dark red category.

The Ministry has emphasized that all persons returning from other countries must fill in the arrival form.

“When returning from the countries of the categories green, orange, red and dark red, the arrival form must be completed.” is the statement.

In addition to the above requirement, those arriving in the red and dark red categories must undergo a PCR or antigen test before arriving in the Czech Republic if they return by public transport.

Arrivals in the red and dark red categories are also required to perform a PCR test between the fifth and 14th day upon arrival.