News / Hungary eases Covid-19 restrictions to reduce truck queues at borders

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Hungary has eased restrictions on road freight traffic entering the country in a bid to reduce congestion at its borders.

Huge bottlenecks appeared late last week after the government’s new requirement that all freight drivers entering the country had to tested for coronavirus, with all Hungarian drivers required to go into 14-day quarantine whether they exhibited symptoms or not – those testing positive had to go into state-managed quarantine.

However, the Hungarian road transport association MKFE said yesterday: “The official quarantine for ...