The quarantine regime in Azerbaijan has been extended for three months.

The Azerbaijani government has extended the quarantine regime introduced in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic until April 1, 2026.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, in September, the Azerbaijani government extended the special quarantine regime introduced in 2020 for another three months, until January 1, 2026.

The Azerbaijani government has extended the special quarantine regime until April 1, 2026, APA reports.

The decision was made "to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the country and its possible consequences," the publication states.

As a reminder, the World Health Organization lifted the pandemic status of COVID-19 on May 5, 2023. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 epidemic in Azerbaijan had already reached practically zero in October 2022.

Border security will protect us from external risks.

In September 2024, President Ilham Aliyev stated that keeping the borders closed was also due to "external risks" to Azerbaijan's security. "The fact that our land borders have remained closed in recent years has saved us from very serious disasters. Even today, when the borders remain closed, dangerous actions are taken, and they are stopped. Therefore, border security will protect us from external risks," the state-run Azertac news agency quoted Aliyev as saying.

Former member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association, Namizad Safarov, previously noted the lack of legal grounds for the "indefinite extension" of the quarantine regime.

Azerbaijan is currently the only country in the world whose land borders have not been opened.

Restrictions on crossing land borders violate people's right to freedom of movement, guaranteed by the Constitution of Azerbaijan, Samad Rahimli, head of the "Defender" Center, stated in December 2024. "There is no rational justification for this. [...] Azerbaijan is currently the only country in the world whose land borders have not been opened since the end of the pandemic," he told the Caucasian Knot. Activists have initiated a campaign to file complaints with the Constitutional Court.