"For the period from July 1 to July 31, the Ministry of Health prohibits ... visits to countries with an extreme risk of coronavirus disease caused by new mutations of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus," the ministry said in a statement to RIA Novosti.
It is noted that this ban applies to Czech citizens and foreigners permanently residing in the country.
In addition to Russia, the list of "temporarily banned" countries includes: India, Brazil, Nepal, Tunisia, etc.
Earlier in the Czech Republic, the first case of the lambda coronavirus strain was detected.