Corona blacklists Spain and the Netherlands in Germany
Germany announced on Friday that it has put Spain and the Netherlands on the list of countries with high rates of infection with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Robert Koch Institute of Public Health said on Friday that this means new restrictions will be imposed on travelers who have not received the vaccine.
Tuesday’s move comes as Europe’s biggest economy tries to slow the emergence of new COVID-19 cases in the face of the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta during the peak summer tourism season.
In a statement, the Institute said that Georgia was also now immediately included among the countries with high infection rates, with new infection rates of 200 or more per 100 thousand inhabitants in the past seven days.
Anyone arriving from countries with a high infection rate is required to be quarantined for 10 days, which can be reduced to 5 days for a negative test.
People who have been fully vaccinated or have recently recovered from coronavirus are exempted from quarantine.
“Germany has seen a sharp rise in new infections in recent weeks from the Delta’s mutated state, although it still does better than most of its neighbors.”
It reported 2089 new cases and 34 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday, bringing the 7-day infection rate to 13,2.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that she was concerned about the “rapid increase” in COVID-19 cases in Germany and urged Germans to receive the vaccine.
