Switzerland Opens Borders for Georgia
Switzerland reopened its borders for Georgian citizens on July 20, says the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia.
However, the decision may be revised depending on the epidemiological situation in Georgia.
Travelers from Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay are now permitted to enter Switzerland.
Access is also being given to residents of some EU states outside the Schengen Area — Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Romania and Cyprus.
However, because of the high number of COVID-19 cases in these countries, travelers from Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Chile, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Iraq, Israel, Qatar, Colombia, Kosovo, Kuwait, Moldova, North Macedonia, Oman, Panama, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Serbia, South Africa, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States, are still not allowed in Switzerland.
Only countries whose infection rates are the same or better than the Swiss average will be given the green light to enter.
Switzerland uses three criteria to determine whether a given nation is ‘high-risk’: if a country has had more than 60 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, if it does not have reliable data on the disease, or if several people carrying the virus enter Switzerland from the same country.
Recently, Georgia opened its borders for travelers from five countries including Germany, France, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all of which have also opened borders for Georgia.
In addition, Georgia remains on the European Union's updated list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted.
By Ana Dumbadze
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