Five years after the pandemic, when masks, quarantines and border closures marked everyday life, The world seems to have left that stage behind. Traveling was part of the routine, tourism was reactivated and restrictions became a collective memory.
However, there is still a country that lives under norms that seem anchored in 2020. It is about Azerbaijanwhich has extended until January 1, 2026 The special quarantine regime implemented at the beginning of the health crisis.
That converts to Baku in the only capital of the planet that keeps its borders closed terrestrial For Covid reasons, when all other states reopened them years ago. The decision surprises in the middle of 2025 and places the country in a Isolation position singular on the world map.
In practice, the entry and exit of the territory is only possible by Airway and under specific controls in airports. The roads by road or railroad remain closed, except for the transport of goods or exceptional assumptions.
The authorities justify the measure as a prevention policy, although its effect transcends the sanitary. It also involves a symbolic gesture: a country that shields in a region historically marked by political tensions and border conflicts.
Despite this, Azerbaiyan is not completely impermeable. Sometimes he opens his hand, as happened with the recent Grand Prix of Formula 1 in Baku, which fans and personnel could access with special visas. They are exceptions that do not alter the background reality: it is the only country in the world that He still maintains the borders as if the calendar followed in 2020.
