The Central Crisis Management Team on Tuesday approved an across-the-board lifting of flight bans requested by the Transport and Construction Ministry. This move will take effect as of 00.01 a.m. on September 7, subject to strict anti-epidemic measures determined by the Public Health Office.
The Transport Ministry justified its request by stating that the across-the-board ban on flights from high-risk countries was having no effect. "From the point of view of bringing the virus into the country, it poses an even greater risk because passengers from high-risk countries can come to Slovakia via a simple transfer in any safe country, and in that case there is no information concerning their arrival," said Transport Ministry State Secretary Katarina Brunckova.
