Czechs Ban Travel to Russia, Tunisia Due to Coronavirus Variants

Czechs Ban Travel to Russia, Tunisia Due to Coronavirus Variants
A worker in a protective suit disinfects a passenger plane of Smartwings airline at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 21, 2020. David W Cerny/Reuters
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PRAGUE—The Czech Health Ministry has banned Czechs from travelling to Russia, Tunisia and other countries due to the spread of COVID-19 variants there, the ministry said on Tuesday.

The Czech Republic on Monday recorded a week-on-week rise in new cases to 157 from 118 a week ago, a sign of a potential turn in the declining trend that has been in place since the latest wave of infections peaked in March.