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Everybody who regularly crosses the borders with the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Poland has to show a negative result of a PCR or antigen testno older than 14 days when crossing the borders as of Monday, December 7.
It will be possible to show antigen tests carried out in other countries in Slovakia, but these will have to be certified in the EU member states.
The regulation only concerns people older than seven years of age.
The police will check each cross-border commuter until midnight on Friday, December 11. Commuters must be able prove they could not undergo testing for an acceptable reason and thus cannot show a negative test result.
After this term, the border controls will be random.
Who are cross-border commuters?
cross-border workers:
*everyone who lives in Slovakia and works in neighbouring countries and can prove they are working in the neighbouring state;
*people living in neighbouring countries within a 30-km distance from the open border crossing and work in Slovakia within a 30-km distance from the border crossing and can prove they are working in Slovakia;
*Slovak citizens living within a 30-km distance from the open border crossing.
pupils and students
people taking care of their relatives
farmers taking care of a plot of land within 10 km from the borders
artists and other people working in culture who are exempt from home isolation and subsequent testing
athletes
