COVID-19 update: Germany extends the list of Covid-19 new variant regions by the inclusion of the French Moselle Département
INTERNATIONAL NEWS01 March 2021
With effect from Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 00:00 hours, the French Moselle Département will be considered an “area of variant of concern” according to the German CoronaEinreiseVO. The relevant decision was published by RKI on 28.02.2021, 12:45 hours (see RKI risk areas).
As a result, and as of the a.m. date, all exemptions from the obligation to register as well as the obligation to test will cease to apply for persons entering Germany who have stayed in or transited Moselle during the last 10 days.
At the present stage, Germany does not plan to introduce border controls at the border between Germany and the Moselle Département.
A quick reminder on the relevant obligations on return/entry from “areas of variant of concern”:
- Obligation to register:
The registration has to be done before entering Germany via https://www.einreiseanmeldung.de. If digital entry registration is not possible due to lack of technical equipment or technical malfunctions, a fully completed substitute notification according to the sample form (see https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus-infos-reisende/merkblatt-dea.html for samples in many languages) must be carried on entry.
- Obligation to test:
A medical certificate or test result regarding the absence of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is considered proof. The proof for entrants from virus variant areas must already be available upon entry, i.e. completed before entry, but no more than 48 h before entry. The proof must be provided on paper or in an electronic document in German, English or French. It must be presented upon request to the competent authority. Both PCR tests and rapid tests according to WHO standards will be accepted.
- Quarantine obligation:
Any quarantine requirement for persons entering the country is governed by the quarantine regulations of the federal state in which the German residence of the person entering the country is located (or by the German destination of the transport in the case of foreign drivers).
Source: German CoronaEinreiseVO and BGL