Slovenia Continues to Keep in Place its Border Restrictions Due to COVID-19
Slovenia’s Ministry of Interior has announced that traffic-related measures imposed at the border will remain effective due to the current Coronavirus situation.
However, there could be some changes applied, based on the epidemiological situation in other countries, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
Due to the Coronavirus situation, authorities in Slovenia have narrowed down the list of countries the citizens of which are permitted to enter the country, expanding the number of countries on the high-risk list, also known as the red list of countries that are profoundly affected by the virus, including all of its neighbouring countries.
This means that travel to all countries on the red list is prohibited, except for any emergency cases, while the compulsory ten-day quarantine rule upon return from these countries cannot be ended with a test.
After an increase in the number of Coronavirus infections, authorities in Slovenia reintroduced internal border controls in a bid to halt the spread of the deadly virus.
From March 29, 2021, travel to the following countries has been banned, except for specific reasons, due to the high infection rate reported in these territories recently.
- Andorra
- Austria: all administrative units except the Vorarlberg organisational unit
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Denmark (only individual administrative units):
– the Capital Region (Hovedstaden)
– Sjælland
– Syddanmark
- Finland (only individual administrative units):
– Uusimaa
– Southern Finland
- France
– all administrative units of mainland France and all overseas territories except the overseas part of Guyane
- Croatia
- Greece
- Ireland (only individual administrative units):
– Eastern region
– Central region
- Italy: all administrative units except Sardinia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Hungary
- Malta
- Monaco
- Germany
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- The Netherlands
- Norway (only individual administrative units):
– Oslo
– Rogaland
– Vestfold of Telemark
– Viken
- Poland
- Portugal (only specific administrative units):
– Madeira
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovakia
- Spain (only individual administrative units): all administrative units except the administrative divisions of Cantabria, Extremadura, Galicia, the Balearic Islands, Murcia and Valencia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Vatican
Up to this point, Slovenia is the 64th most-affected country worldwide by the Coronavirus, with 225,950 cases of infection and 4,112 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, Worldometers’ figures reveal.
Persons Banned From Entering Slovenia
According to Slovenia’s Ministry of Interior announcement, persons who have tested positive for the virus and those who show signs of infection (such as high fever, cough or shortness of breath) as well as those included on the COVID-19 red list, will not be allowed to enter the country.
“If Slovenian citizens or foreign nationals obtaining a permanent or temporary address in Slovenia have been ordered to quarantine in another state, because they were exposed to a Covid-19 infected person, and wish to quarantine in Slovenia, they will be permitted to enter Slovenia,” the statement clarifies.
Travellers are allowed to transit to Slovenia in order to reach another country if their stay in the country lasts six hours or less.
Slovenia’s government has emphasised that checkpoints on international flight connections (Ljubljana Jože Pu?nik Airport, Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport and Portorož Airport) and on global maritime connections (Koper and Piran border crossing points for international maritime traffic) are reopened.
