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Travel restrictions will be relaxed for Portugal and Great Britain
Portugal and the UK are no longer areas where the virus varies.
Photo: dpa / Fabian Sommer
London Entry ban for certain groups, 14 days Isolation: If a country is classified as a virus variant area, travel from there to Germany will often be stopped. The state of emergency is now over for five countries in Europe.
The federal government has significantly relaxed entry restrictions imposed on Portugal, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Russia, India and Nepal, especially due to the spread of infectious corona species. On Wednesday, all five countries will be downgraded from the virus variation area to the most vulnerable area, the Robert Koch company announced Monday evening. This means that re-entry into Germany is possible for all groups. For those who have been fully vaccinated and recovered, the isolated duty no longer applies, it has been shortened for everyone else.
India was already classified as a viral variant by the end of April, while Nepal and Great Britain followed in May, and the EU nation of Portugal and Russia did not follow through until June 29. In this high corona risk category, there are strict entry restrictions:
– Airlines, bus and rail companies are not allowed to take people to Germany from areas where the virus is endemic unless they are German citizens or residents of Germany.
– Anyone entering Germany from different areas of the virus must remain in isolation for 14 days – even if he or she has been fully vaccinated or has recovered.
As it is downgraded to more events, the traffic ban will no longer apply, so re-entry into Germany will be possible for all persons using all modes of transport. Those who have not been vaccinated or recovered should be isolated for only ten days, but with a second trial it may be shortened to five days.
President Angela Merkel had already announced travel arrangements last week, but did not name a specific date for all countries. A week ago, at the EU summit in Brussels, he failed to establish common travel rules in the EU to control the spread of delta variation. Although the number of epidemics here is considerably lower than in Portugal and Great Britain, this variant is now widespread in Germany as well.
With the demotion of five countries, the number of areas where the virus varies varies from 16 to 11 again. The rest of the country includes Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and many other countries in Africa.
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