Germany has banned traveler arrivals since Portugal Y Russia since this Tuesday, June 29, given the high number of cases of the variant of the COVID-19 Delta registered in both countries in the last weeks. The German Robert Koch Institute, a federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, revealed the new additions to the list of countries with the prevalence of the virulent variant responsible for the latest outbreaks. The measure assumes that, apart from the citizens and residents of Germany who will be isolated, all travelers from these two nations have closed borders.
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German citizens and residents arriving in Germany on or after June 29 will be subject to fifteen days of quarantine, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated against the virus or have tested negative. The option to end the quarantine early with a negative test is not available to these travelers; according to the portal SchengenVisaInfo.com.
According to RKI director Robert Wieler, the Delta variant is expected to become the dominant strain in Germany in autumn.
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Germany currently prohibits travel from the following countries due to their high number of COVID-19 cases: Botswana, Brazil, Eswatini, India, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Portugal, Russian Federation, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uruguay and Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man of the United Kingdom, including the Channel Islands and all British Overseas Territories.
On the other hand, several other countries have been removed from the list of risk areas, including Denmark, Latvia, Luxembourg, Slovenia and the Netherlands. Croatia’s Varaždin county is no longer considered a risk area, as is all of Sweden, with the exception of the Kronoberg, Norrbotten and Värmland provinces.
Since June 25, 2021, Germany has allowed entry to third-country travelers who are fully vaccinated two weeks before their trip.
Previously, since June 20, Germany removed restrictions on travelers from the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Lebanon, regardless of their vaccination status, after being considered epidemiologically insurance on the recommendation of the European Council.
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