Starting on Monday, July 21 people travelling from certain countries outside the European Union and the Schengen zone – such as Georgia – are permitted to come to Switzerland, The Local reports.
Travellers from Algeria, Australia, Canada, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay are also permitted to enter Switzerland.
Access is also given to residents of some EU states outside the Schengen area — Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Romania and Cyprus.
Switzerland has also lifted, along with the EU, restrictions on travel from other Schengen nations, as well as Norway, Iceland, and the UK.
However, because of the high number of Covid-19 cases in these countries, travellers 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, and 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.
