Status: February 16, 2021 4:49 p.m.
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The cabinet extended the entry ban for people from mutation areas until the beginning of March. Great Britain, South Africa and Brazil are affected, where the variants are spreading widely. The rule also applies to Tyrol and the Czech Republic.
The federal government has extended the strict entry rules for people from “virus variant areas” to Germany until March 3rd. The draft passed by the cabinet states that the “significantly easier transferability” of the mutated viruses should be taken into account as well as possible, not yet reliably proven “changes in properties of the mutations”. The mutated variants of the coronavirus are particularly contagious.
Foreigners are not allowed to enter
The regulation was initially limited to this Wednesday. It affects countries in which mutated variants of the coronavirus have already spread widely. The regulation essentially contains a transport ban. If a country is classified as a mutation area, foreigners who are not resident in Germany will no longer be promoted.
Germans and foreigners with residence, however, are allowed to enter. There are also special rules for medical staff, transit passengers and the movement of goods.
Sharp controls at borders
After Great Britain, Brazil, Portugal and South Africa were classified as mutation areas, the Czech Republic and large parts of the Austrian state of Tyrol were added last Sunday.
In consultation with Bavaria and Saxony, Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered stationary controls at these border sections in order to enforce the ban for these neighboring regions as well. There are exceptions for commuters from certain sectors who want to come from Tyrol or the Czech Republic. However, they are not released from the obligation to test either. The strict border controls severely impaired traffic from the Czech Republic and Tyrol.
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