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Slovenia: mandatory swab for cross-border workers, students
The measure comes into force today
05 February, 10:09
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 05 FEB - Slovenia has decided to tighten
anti-Covid measures at its border crossings, introducing the
obligation to show a negative PCR or rapid swab test for
cross-border workers and for those arriving in the country for
study or research reasons. Public television Koper/Capodistria
TV reported yesterday in the latest edition of its newscast.
The decision, made Wednesday evening by the Slovenian government, urges cross-border workers to show a negative swab test valid for seven days and leave Slovenia within 14 hours after entering the country. A swab is mandatory even for those entering Slovenia to take care of family members and the elderly, for emergencies or property maintenance, who can stay in the country for a maximum of 12 hours. Even those who undergo medical treatments in Slovenia are required to present a negative PCR test upon entry, and will have to return to their homeland as soon as possible, the news informed.
The decree will come into force from today, reads the website of the Italian embassy in Slovenia.
A document published by the Italian representation in Ljubljana specifies that there are some exceptions: transport operators, accompanied children under 13, people in transit, who must leave Slovenia within six hours, owners and tenants of cross-border agricultural land or on both sides of the border, to carry out agricultural-forestry activities, who must return home within eight hours after entry. "In Italy, swabs cost more or less 80 euros, which means that in a month a family composed of four members would have to pay more or less 800 euros, an inconceivable expenditure at the moment," said Walter Bandelj, president of one of the organizations that represent the Slovenes in Italy, the SSO, quoted by RadioCapodistria. The Slovenian government's decision will cause create "many inconveniences" even for "a few thousand cross-border workers" who arrive every day in Slovenia from Croatia, wrote the local daily newspaper La Voce del Popolo. (ANSA).
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The decision, made Wednesday evening by the Slovenian government, urges cross-border workers to show a negative swab test valid for seven days and leave Slovenia within 14 hours after entering the country. A swab is mandatory even for those entering Slovenia to take care of family members and the elderly, for emergencies or property maintenance, who can stay in the country for a maximum of 12 hours. Even those who undergo medical treatments in Slovenia are required to present a negative PCR test upon entry, and will have to return to their homeland as soon as possible, the news informed.
The decree will come into force from today, reads the website of the Italian embassy in Slovenia.
A document published by the Italian representation in Ljubljana specifies that there are some exceptions: transport operators, accompanied children under 13, people in transit, who must leave Slovenia within six hours, owners and tenants of cross-border agricultural land or on both sides of the border, to carry out agricultural-forestry activities, who must return home within eight hours after entry. "In Italy, swabs cost more or less 80 euros, which means that in a month a family composed of four members would have to pay more or less 800 euros, an inconceivable expenditure at the moment," said Walter Bandelj, president of one of the organizations that represent the Slovenes in Italy, the SSO, quoted by RadioCapodistria. The Slovenian government's decision will cause create "many inconveniences" even for "a few thousand cross-border workers" who arrive every day in Slovenia from Croatia, wrote the local daily newspaper La Voce del Popolo. (ANSA).
