The rules on travel to Germany at present… are confusing.
See gov.uk/foreign-travel…
From 23 May the UK is designated as a virus variant area of concern, so there are lots of restrictions on who can travel to Germany and the reasons which are permissible.
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See gov.uk/foreign-travel…
From 23 May the UK is designated as a virus variant area of concern, so there are lots of restrictions on who can travel to Germany and the reasons which are permissible.
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tldr: The @foreignoffice @fcotravel guidance is contradictory, but can be read as saying that you don't need to quarantine if you can show you're immune or were tested. I think this is WRONG. There appear to be few if any exemptions from 14-day quarantine.
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Is it just me, or is this (image) contradictory? It looks like you can be "released from quarantine immediately if…" you can demonstrate proof of immunity (fully vaccinated or recent recovery), or…
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…or a negative test, but only if you provide this "following to the pre-departure digital registration". (Is that written in English? It is from the Foreign Office web site @foreignoffice @fcotravel.)
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But, it goes on, "…travellers arriving from the UK are subject to 14-day quarantine, and test and release is not available."
Does that mean - unless the test is done "following to the pre-departure digital registration" (whatever that means; or…
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Does that mean - unless the test is done "following to the pre-departure digital registration" (whatever that means; or…
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Or does it mean that all travellers arriving in Germany from the UK must quarantine, regardless, despite the text earlier in this section?
It is as clear as mud.
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It is as clear as mud.
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It reads like it's there so they @foreignoffice @fcotravel can say they're being helpful; but in such a way that they can claim you were too thick to understand what they were saying if you thought you wouldn't have to quarantine but the German authorities say otherwise.
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The German federal page has this to say on quarantine (image):
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The more information page bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/coronavirus… has this to say (image):
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NB - "Proof of vaccination or of recovery from Covid-19 can replace a negative test certificate and exempt you from quarantine on entry. This does not apply if you have spent time in an area of virus variants of concern prior to entry."
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There is further confirmation of this at
bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/coronavirus… "If you spent time in an area of variants of concern, quarantine lasts for a period of 14 days and cannot be ended prematurely."
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bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/coronavirus… "If you spent time in an area of variants of concern, quarantine lasts for a period of 14 days and cannot be ended prematurely."
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