The Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has drafted a map of countries with travel recommendations for Slovaks at the behest of the Public Health Office (UVZ).
As of Monday (July 20), 7.00 p.m., people are not required to go into home isolation or submit negative RT-PCR test for COVID-19 after returning from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Individuals returning from countries not included on the list will have to go into mandatory home quarantine until they obtain a negative RT-PCR test for COVID-19.
The list of both safe and risky countries is available and continuously updated on korona.gov.sk.
Moreover, the Irish government announced on Tuesday its plan to cancel the mandatory 14-days quarantine for travellers coming from 15 green-listed countries, including Slovakia.