Bavaria: mandatory tests for cross-border travelers approaching



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As of today, Friday, Bavaria is introducing mandatory tests for travelers from foreign corona access points. Anyone who regularly travels to the German state at least once a week from a risk area for professional or educational purposes must regularly submit corona tests to the competent authority. As of Saturday, Germany will classify almost all of Austria as a risk zone with the exception of Carinthia.

Salzburg is a risk zone for Germany

“Anyone who regularly travels to Bavaria from a risk area (…) at least once a week to stay there for professional or business reasons, for training purposes or to attend school or university, must be held responsible of your work, business, training, The local authority responsible for the location of the school or university or a body commissioned by it, unsolicited and immediately 1. within seven days of the first entry after October 23, 2020 and 2. thereafter regularly in each subsequent calendar week a test result for a coronavirus infection Submit SARS-CoV-2, “says the new Bavarian entry quarantine regulation.

The test should not be more than 48 hours

The test result must be in German or English and based on a molecular biology test. The test should not be more than 48 hours. Anyone showing symptoms of Covid 19 should also report it to authorities. The modified regulation was signed by the Bavarian Minister of Health, Melanie Huml. It will be announced on Friday in the “Bayerisches Ministerialblatt” as the official newspaper of the Bavarian state government.

“Our goal is for the borders to remain open,” Prime Minister Söder stressed on Wednesday, but added: “If you want to keep the borders open, you must also ensure more security.”

(Those: APA)

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