Entry ban for certain groups of people, 14 days of quarantine: If a country is classified as a virus variant area, travel from there to Germany largely comes to a standstill. This state of emergency is now over for five countries in Europe.
Germany is easing the entry restrictions imposed on Portugal, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Russia, India and Nepal because of the spread of particularly contagious Corona variants. On Wednesday, the five countries will be downgraded from the virus variant area to the high incidence area, as the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Monday evening.
This means that entry into Germany is possible again for all groups of people. For those who have been completely vaccinated and those who have recovered, the quarantine obligation is no longer applicable, for everyone else it is shortened.
There are no drastic entry restrictions
India had already been classified as a virus variant area at the end of April, Nepal and Great Britain followed in May, the EU country Portugal and Russia only followed on June 29. In this highest corona risk category, there are drastic entry restrictions:
- Airlines, bus and train companies are not allowed to transport people from virus variant areas to Germany unless they are German citizens or have a place of residence in Germany.
- Anyone entering Germany from virus variant areas must be in quarantine for 14 days – even if he or she has been fully vaccinated or has recovered.
With the downgrading to a high incidence area, the ban on transport is no longer applicable, so entry to Germany is basically possible again for all persons using all means of transport. Those who have not been vaccinated or recovered only have to be in quarantine for ten days, but can shorten it to five days with a second test.
Infection numbers are still high
Chancellor Angela Merkel had already announced the travel facilitation last week, but without naming all countries and a specific date. The background is that the delta variant of the corona virus is now also very widespread in Germany. The actual purpose of the drastic travel restrictions, to slow down the spread of the delta variant, has thus largely been done.
However, the number of infections is still high in Great Britain, Portugal and Russia. Great Britain is the country with the highest numbers in Europe, Portugal has the highest numbers in the European Union after Cyprus.
With the downgrading of the five countries, the number of virus variant areas will decrease again from 16 to 11. Among the remaining countries are Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and several other countries in Africa.
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