Germany has downgraded both the United Kingdom and Ireland
from being “areas of variants of concern” to being "risk areas".
This means transportation providers such as airlines are no longer banned from carrying such passengers to Germany. Arrivals from the UK and Ireland will still need to quarantine in Germany.
At the same time, the country has also named Bulgaria, Cyprus, Kuwait, Paraguay,
Poland and Uruguay as "high incidence areas".
Those arriving in Germany from regions identified as "areas of variants of
concern" or "high incidence areas" must have received a negative Covid test result
in the 48 hours prior to arrival in the country. By contrast, those on the "risk areas" list for Covid need only provide a negative test result within 48 hours of arriving in Germany.
All arrivals who have been in one of the countries or regions on the three lists in the past ten days are obliged to enter a ten-day quarantine
immediately after entry and register their arrival in the country.
St Lucia, the region of Krapina-Zagorje in Croatia, the county
of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway and the island of Curaçao have also been
added to the "risk areas" list.
Malaysia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Algarve in Portugal, the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland and the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia have been removed from the "risk areas" list, meaning they are no longer subject to testing and quarantine regulations.
The changes came into force from midnight on Sunday.