Germany Puts UK On List Of High-Risk Covid Countries
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Arrivals from Britain will have to observe a two-week quarantine regardless of whether they are vaccinated, the health agency said.
Germany's health authority announced late Saturday that Britain had been added to its list of Covid high-risk countries, which will mean tighter travel restrictions.
The decision is a response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, which forced London's mayor Sadiq Khan to declare a "major incident" on Saturday in the British capital.
The change, which takes effect at the end of the day Sunday at midnight, means arrivals from Britain will have to observe a two-week quarantine regardless of whether they are vaccinated, said the country's health agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
The United Kingdom is now considered a "variant zone" of Covid-19, a category reserved for nations where the risk is the highest.
