The Swiss Federal Government announced today that it will follow the recommendations of the EU Council and open its borders to citizens of 20 countries from July 13. Montenegro was removed from the list of "risky countries", but not Serbia.
Government representatives announced that starting Monday, July 6, they will introduce a ten-day quarantine for travelers arriving in Switzerland from certain epidemiologically risky countries, and that the Ministry of Health maintains a list that is regularly updated and will be published tomorrow.
Minister of Health Alain Berse mentioned Serbia and Sweden as possible countries to which the quarantine would apply, Swiss media reported.
Switzerland removed Algeria, Australia, Montenegro, Georgia, Japan, Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay from the list of risky countries. EU members that are not part of the Schengen zone were also removed from the list: Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Romania and Cyprus.
The Council of the EU published a list of 15 countries, including Montenegro, with a recommendation to members to open their borders to their citizens from July 1.
The government of Switzerland, which is not a member of the Union, but is part of the expanded Schengen, announced that it will follow the recommendation of the Council of the EU, but that the border regime will be eased only from July 20, and it will only conditionally apply to China, if it introduces reciprocal rules for Switzerland.
Persons arriving in Switzerland from countries for which tolls will be introduced will be required to report to the competent cantonal authorities upon arrival. The government ordered airlines and bus operators not to transport sick passengers.
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