German federal government agency Robert Koch Institute – a research institute responsible for disease control and prevention – has removed several countries from the list of virus variant areas, categorizing them as high incidence areas.
The passengers from India, Nepal, The Russian Federation, Portugal, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland can travel to Germany and can shorten the quarantine period after five days if on the fifth day they test for COVID-19 and result negative.
At the same time, those vaccinated can avoid quarantine if they present proof that they have been vaccinated with one of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Germany had banned all travel from Portugal and Russia on June 29 over the increasing rates of Coronavirus Delta variant cases in both countries. Since then, only German citizens and residents have been permitted to enter Germany from Portugal and Russia.
The decision had been criticized by the European Commission, which immediately after called on German authorities to align its testing and quarantine restrictions on Portuguese travellers with the rest of the EU countries.
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