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| Switzerland widens list of Covid-19 risk countries to all outside Schengen area, with exceptions | Switzerland widens list of Covid-19 risk countries to all outside Schengen area, with exceptions |
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| Swiss authorities have amended their list of countries that pose a risk from high rates of coronavirus infection to all outside Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone, barring some exceptions. | |
| The exceptions include Australia, Ireland, Japan, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand, the government said on Thursday. | The exceptions include Australia, Ireland, Japan, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand, the government said on Thursday. |
| The move, which aims to curb the spread of the coronavirus, takes effect on Saturday. It tightens a list that was expanded only on Wednesday, when mainland Spain was added. | The move, which aims to curb the spread of the coronavirus, takes effect on Saturday. It tightens a list that was expanded only on Wednesday, when mainland Spain was added. |
| Switzerland’s health minister said that new country-wide measures to check the recent spike in coronavirus cases are unlikely at present, Reuters reported. | Switzerland’s health minister said that new country-wide measures to check the recent spike in coronavirus cases are unlikely at present, Reuters reported. |