The German authorities have lastly begun to take away from the record of COVID-19 high-risk European areas some areas all through the block, the place the situation has improved.
Upon an epidemiological analysis of the Robert Koch Institute, which is the German public health institute in Germany the place about 450 scientists work, the next areas in Europe have been removed from Germany’s record of extremely dangerous areas:
- The areas of Brittany and Corsica in France
- The French abroad territories of Guadeloupe, La Réunion, and Martinique
- The province of Vestland in Norway
However, upon a rise within the variety of COVID-19 cases marked in Estonia final week, the next areas of this country shall be added to the record:
- Jõgeva
- Lääne
- Lääne-Viru
The new decision has been taken by the Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the RKI, the Foreign Workplace, and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and are efficient since Sunday, December 13, 2020, at 12:00 am.
The choice signifies that these coming from Brittany and Corsica in France, the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe, La Réunion, and Martinique, as well as the province of Vestland in Norway, will not quarantine upon arrival in Germany.
It also signifies that these coming from Estonia’s areas of Jõgeva, Lääne, Lääne-Viru will have to self-isolate.
“For people getting into the Federal Republic of Germany who’ve stayed in a risk space at any time within the final ten days earlier than entry, there may be an obligation to isolate in accordance with the respective quarantine laws of the accountable federal states,” the RKI notes.
Travelers from these areas might leave self-isolation on the fifth day of their isolation, only if they get examined for COVID-19 and outcome negative.
Since the second week of November, all travelers are obliged to register digitally earlier than reaching Germany, by the Digital Entry Registration (DEA), which has changed the paper exit card.
In the final week’s replacement of highly-risky areas, Germany had added three different areas of Estonia – Põlva, Viljandi, Võru as well as Finland’s Päijät-Häme and Northern Ostrobothnia to the record.
