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The bans and entry rules that have been in effect since February 14 will remain unchanged until March 3. Slovenia is partially easing its border regime.
12:34 pm, February 23, 2021
the German border controls at the crossings to Tyrol and the Czech Republic will be extended until March 3. As confirmed on Tuesday by a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry, the bans and entry rules from there that have been in force since February 14 will not change. The German government had declared the Czech Republic, Slovakia and much of Tyrol as so-called virus variant areas.
From there, only Germans and foreigners with a residence and residence permit in Germany can currently enter. There are exceptions for truck drivers and cross-border travelers with systemically important professions. You must have a negative corona test that is no older than 48 hours. The rules were initially introduced for ten days.
The Federal Police controls compliance with the strictest entry regulations in these border sections “in a flexible manner in terms of location and hours with a clear focus on international or supra-regional traffic connections to guarantee the most complete control of cross-border traffic”, He said. Federal Police Headquarters in Potsdam. The number of people who are turned away at the borders has decreased, according to information in recent days, “because travelers are increasingly behaving in accordance with the rules due to controls.”
Several of the requirements are disproportionate or unfounded, it said in a complaint letter from the EU Commission to The German EU Ambassador, Michael Clauss, in Brussels. “We believe that Germany’s understandable goal of protecting public health in a pandemic could be achieved through less restrictive measures,” the commission continued.
Slovenia trusts relaxation
In Slovenia there have been for ten days no constant crown-related border controls for entry from Austria, Italy and Hungary more, although entry regulations still apply in the form of negative test or quarantine obligation. According to the new regulation, you can enter Slovenia from there through all border crossings, including the smallest ones. Checks are only done randomly.
With the relaxation of the border regime, Slovenia is going in the opposite direction compared to other EU countries that have tightened border controls due to highly infectious virus variants. The Slovenian Interior Ministry did not explain the reasons for this when asked by the APA. When asked if one was not concerned that new virus variants from abroad could be transported into the country through looser controls, the answer was: “This is not currently the main focus.”
“In the current situation, where all neighboring countries give a much better epidemiological picture than Slovenia and at the same time take individual measures (Austria with the exit ban from Tyrol) and restrict entry to their countries, the main focus is not to bring the virus from abroad “, shared that Slovenian Ministry of the Interior the APA with. If something changes, the entry regulations will be changed accordingly.
