Whether in the Alps or the Baltic Sea: it becomes problematic for autumn vacationers from inner-German corona risk areas. Where you can go and stay overnight, where quarantine applies – that is different in many places. An overview.
Holidays in Germany are also very nice, said Prime Ministers from the South and North and the Minister of Health just a few weeks ago with a view to the autumn vacation. On the other hand, trips abroad should be avoided, since Germany is virtually surrounded by corona risk areas. In the meantime, the situation has also worsened drastically within Germany. The number of new infections is increasing massively, especially in larger cities but also after so-called super-spreading events such as weddings or family celebrations.
Several federal states prefer not to have holidaymakers from these hotspot regions with them – the bulky term for this is a ban on accommodation. Consequence: Autumn holidays on the Baltic Sea or in the Alps are now difficult, especially since there are no nationwide uniform rules. Where you can go and stay overnight, where quarantine applies, differs in many places.
The majority of the federal states decided on Wednesday evening that holidaymakers from within Germany from risk areas may only be accommodated if they can show a negative corona test that is no more than 48 hours old. This should take effect for travelers from areas with more than 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days. According to the Robert Koch Institute, these currently include: the four Berlin districts of Mitte, Neukölln, Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, as well as Bremen, the district of Vechta in Lower Saxony, Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg and the cities of Hamm, Hagen and Remscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia. Westphalia. According to the situation report of the Senate Health Administration from Thursday afternoon, even the city of Berlin as a whole has exceeded the value. The city of Frankfurt am Main also reported that the warning level was exceeded.
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In the majority of the federal states. Specifically: Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse, Saarland, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein. Lower Saxony has since joined. Only a negative corona test that is no more than 48 hours old can lift the ban. “If you arrive with a negative test, you can enjoy a holiday,” said Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder. In return for this mandatory test, travelers do not have to go through the mandatory two-week quarantine in these federal states.
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No. Such “free testing” for travel should only be possible if there are enough test possibilities. Tests to maintain the education system, for example, have priority.
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Bremen, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Thuringia submitted protocol statements on the decision. The country Bremen, which even exceeded the 50 mark on Wednesday, still needs advice.
Thuringia does not support the ban on accommodation. According to the Infection Protection Act, the red-red-green state government initially sees responsibility with the regional health authorities. They would order quarantine for infected people or people suspected of having corona. You are not allowed to leave the region where there is an infection hotspot. But why all people from such a region should not be accommodated is incomprehensible to him, said Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow on ZDF. When asked whether what the majority of the prime ministers had decided was “nonsense”, the left-wing politician said: “Yes, that’s what I say.”
Also in North Rhine-Westphalia For the time being, no accommodation bans for holidaymakers from inner-German Corona hotspots are in force. “There is no automatism,” said the head of the NRW State Chancellery, Nathanael Liminski. This instrument can be used if the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Health identifies certain regions accordingly. In other words: NRW is not against a ban on accommodation in principle, but has not yet applied it.
Berlin demanded to be treated “as a whole city and unitary community” when assessing the infection rate. However, other federal states such as Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria did not agree. They put residents of Berlin districts such as Mitte and Neukölln with quarantine requirements or a ban on accommodation if they can not show a negative test.
In general, however, Berlin does not want to rule out a ban on accommodation for travelers from Corona risk areas. That is conceivable, but not yet, said the Governing Mayor Michael Müller.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to stick to even stricter rules and, in addition to travel restrictions and the ban on accommodation, adhere to the quarantine obligation for visitors from risk areas. The Corona state ordinance states that tourists from risk areas are only allowed to enter “if a doctor’s certificate is available which confirms that there is no evidence of an infection with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus”. This certificate must not be older than 48 hours. Nevertheless, there is an obligation to isolate oneself at home immediately for 14 days. The quarantine can be shortened by the responsible health department if another PCR test after 5 to 7 days also turns out negative.
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The above regulations only apply to tourist trips. Family visits are expressly excluded, as are commuting.
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