August 14 (SeeNews) - Serbia will restrict the entry of citizens of several countries of Southeast Europe (SEE), due to a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, a senior health official said on Friday.
As of August 15, citizens of Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania who enter Serbia will stay in a mandatory 14-day quarantine if they do not posses a negative PCR test made no earlier than 48 hours before crossing the border, the director of state-run public health institute, Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, said in a press release.
The government's crisis group for suppression of COVID-19 has also removed the restrictions on the entry of citizens of Montenegro in Serbia, Tepavcevic said.
There will be no restrictions for Serbian citizens arriving from Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania, she added.
In July, the European Council excluded Serbia and Montenegro from the list of countries for which EU member states should gradually lift the coronavirus-related temporary restrictions on non-essential travel. In addition to Serbia and Montenegro, the travel restrictions continue to apply for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Moldova.
A valid PCR test is also needed for Serbian citizens willing to enter North Macedonia.