Baltic states open a pandemic 'travel bubble'

14:22, 15.05.2020

The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have opened their borders to one another, creating a coronavirus “travel bubble”.

From midnight on Thursday, citizens and residents can move freely between the three EU nations.

Anybody arriving from outside the zone however must self-isolate for 14 days.

This is the first “travel bubble” in Europe since nations began shutting their borders earlier this year in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

In a statement, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called the move “an opportunity for businesses to reopen, and a glimmer of hope for the people that life is getting back to normal”.

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