By Schengen Countries To Require COVID-19 Test Results, Vaccination for Visa Application
With the novel coronavirus disrupting the social construct of the world, people would have to deal with new regulations and processes when the virus is finally contained.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered from an email exchange between Schengen Visa Info and a Europen Union official that those wishing to travel to the Schengen Area after the Member States start to gradually go back to normal, may have to present a negative COVID-19 test.
“When the Schengen Borders open up in September, if they do, Schengen Visa applicants may need to submit a Coronavirus test that has resulted negative, taken within the last two weeks prior to the visa application. The traveller may be required to take a new test before travelling to the Schengen area, as to make sure that he/she has not been infected in the meantime,” the source said.
The official also noted that once the COVID-19 vaccine is confirmed and available for all, visa applicants may also be required to be vaccinated in the future, in particular, if the virus remains active.
It was gathered that a similar requirement was imposed by some of the Schengen Member states, towards countries worst hit with the Swine Flu and the Ebola virus. As of April 17, 2020, a total of 2,190,010 Cases and 147,010 Deaths have been recorded from COVID
