The Latest: Czechs lift restrictions on regional travel

PRAGUE — The Czech Republic is lifting all restrictions on travel to neighboring Austria and Germany and also Hungary.

Prime Minister Andrej Babis says the Czechs will be allowed into the three countries without a certificate that they've tested negative for the coronavirus and a quarantine when they return home.

The same applies to the citizens of the three countries entering the Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic and Slovakia on Thursday canceled all restrictions on their common border.

Babis has previously said the reopening of borders should boost tourism and trade that were badly hit by the pandemic.

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