(Bloomberg) --
Austria is lifting border controls imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus with all neighboring countries except Italy as of tomorrow, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told journalists in Vienna.
“The pandemic numbers in Italy don't allow this step yet,” Schallenberg said. “This isn't a decision against Italy. Out goal is very clearly to open the border to Italy as soon as possible.”
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Austria is considering whether it's possible to allow travel to the regions that have developed better, a proposal made by the governor of the Alto Adige region, he added.
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