Tropical diseases

Serbian ambassador to Turkey welcomed the two countries' decision to recognize each other's COVID-19 vaccine certificates for safe travel.

Zoran Markovic said the use of vaccine certificates for travel has started on May 14, and he invited Turkish tourists to Serbia.

As of today, the tourist season in Greece has officially kicked off Checkpoints Kulata - Promahon and Makaza - Nymfaia are open entry of tourists. At the Kulata border checkpoint the traffic is not busy. Cars, mostly with Serbian registration, are scarce.

All economic activities are subject to 50% vaccination of staff etc

Turkey and Hungary will recognize each other's COVID-19 vaccine certificates for safe travel, Hungary's foreign minister said on May 10.

Peter Szijjarto said the agreement between the two countries will be effective starting Tuesday.

Long lines of vehicles and chaos at the Kulata border checkpoint on the day when thousands of Bulgarians returned from Greece after the Easter holidays. Those who did not have vaccination certificates or had expired the 72-hour period of their PCR test. Had to wait for hours.

Ljubljana – Slovenia and Hungary have agreed to mutually recognise their respective Covid-19 vaccination certificates, the Slovenian Ministry has announced. A vaccination certificate issued in one country will have the same legal effect as the one issued in another, in line with the internal national legal orders.

Greek authorities have extended all existing restrictions on entry into the country until 6 am on May 14, 2021, the Bulgarian Embassy in Athens said, quoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Lawmakers adopted on Thursday the EP's negotiating position on the proposal for a certificate to reaffirm the right to free movement in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic.

Renaming the proposed by the Commission 'Digital Green Certificate', MEPs agreed that the new "EU COVID-19 certificate" should be in place for 12 months and not longer.

Still, it is not so easy to enter Greece. "This morning, we arrived first at the border crossing, around 6 in the morning," it was reported by TV Prva.

"Even in the previous order on the anti-epidemic measures, the first point is my proposal to extend them by another month. Yes, there is a slight decline in morbidity, but there is no way to contain the pandemic until the end of April. The restrictions will probably have to be in place until the end of May," said for BNT, Chief State Health Inspector Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev.