V4 citizens allowed into Hungary even after Sept 1 – here are the conditions

Czech, Slovak and Polish citizens with negative coronavirus tests will be allowed into Hungary after Sept. 1, if the test results are not older than five days, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a post on Facebook on Monday.

Hungary is banning foreigners from entering the country from Sept. 1, in view of the rising numbers of coronavirus infections.

However,

citizens of the Visegrad Group countries will be allowed into Hungary even after Sept. 1,

if they can show negative coronavirus test results not older than five days, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a post on Facebook on Monday.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had talks in Bled, Slovenia, on Monday, and agreed to exempt from the ban Czech citizens who had already booked their accommodation in Hungary for September, Szijjarto said. The prime ministers have discussed the Hungarian security measures in detail, and the Czech Republic has given guarantees regarding its own security measures, he added.

Later in the day, Slovak and Polish citizens were also included in the exemption,

as the Visegrad countries have cooperated closely in the fight against the coronavirus,

Szijjarto said on Facebook.

Hungarians spending their holidays in Visegrad Group countries will be allowed to forgo quarantine with just one negative test result, Szijjarto said.

Source: MTI