Cabinet – Dresden – Saxon-Czech border: Cabinet advises on the situation – politics

Dresden (dpa / sn) – Saxony’s government wants to discuss the situation on the border with the Czech Republic on Tuesday. Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) wants to provide information about the situation at the border.

On Sunday night, stricter entry rules came into force on the borders with the Czech Republic and the Austrian state of Tyrol. On Monday morning, a kilometer-long traffic jam formed on the Czech side of the E55 / D8 Prague-Dresden motorway. On the German side, it merges into the A17.

According to the federal government, from Sunday only Germans and foreigners with a residence and residence permit in Germany are allowed to enter from the Czech Republic and large parts of Tyrol. The Czech Republic and Tyrol are considered virus variant areas. There are exceptions to entry for health workers, truck drivers and other freight transport personnel.

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