Operative board: travel restrictions amended for V4 countries (adds chief medical officer

The government has decided to amend restrictions for travellers from countries in the Visegrad Group, the deputy head of the operative board in charge of coronavirus-related measures said on Monday. Earlier regulations for travellers from V4 countries expired on September 30, Robert Kiss told an online press conference. Hungarian citizens and family members returning to Hungary from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, if they had booked accommodation in any of the V4 countries prior to the introduction of the current restrictions, are exempted from quarantine if they present one negative PCR test result, he said. Until November 1, Czech, Polish and Slovak citizens who have booked acccommodation in Hungary for October prior to the introduction of the restrictions also get exemption from quarantine if they present one negative PCR rest result, he added. The government decree enters into force on Tuesday, he said.