Travelling to Germany from Portugal & Russia will be banned starting from Tuesday, June 29, due to the high number of cases of the Coronavirus Delta variant detected in both countries in recent weeks.
The German Robert Koch Institute, a German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, has unfolded on Friday, June 25, the new list of countries with COVID-19 variants, including both Russia and Portugal in the list.
The move means that aside from citizens and residents of Germany, all other travel from both these countries will be prohibited.
German citizens and residents who reach Germany from June 29 and on will be subject to a fortnight of quarantine, regardless of whether they are vaccinated against the virus or have tested negatively. The option to end the quarantine early with a negative test is not available for these travellers.
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