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Entry bans, quarantine or no accommodation? Caution is also advised when traveling within Germany in some regions. tagesschau.de provides an overview of the risk areas in the interior of Germany.
By Sandra Stalinski, tagesschau.de
Traveling is not easy this fall vacation. Many countries are now considered risk areas, and not just abroad. Anyone planning a vacation to Germany should also look closely: the number of areas with a critical value for new infections is also increasing in this country.
As a general rule, a country or region with 50 or more new infections in the last seven days per 100,000 inhabitants (seven-day incidence) is considered a risk area. For the exterior, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly determine this and publish a list.
However, there is no national list of risk areas within Germany. Instead, each federal state decides for itself which region, which city or even which district is considered a risk area, and what consequences this has for travelers. Anyone who comes from a risk zone or wants to travel to one, therefore, must find out in advance what rules apply to the respective region.
What applies where?
According to a current situation report from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), six districts exceeded the critical mean value of 50 (as of October 5): Hamm, Remscheid, Berlin Mitte, Berlin Neukölln, Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Vechta. But there is no automatic mechanism according to which all federal states classify these areas as risk areas. Instead, there are slightly different procedures everywhere, which also include country assessments. What is considered a risk area and what detailed regulations generally apply can be found on the pages of the health authorities of the federal states.
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein, for example, currently identifies four districts of Berlin as risk areas in addition to the cities of Hamm and Remscheid: Mitte, Neukölln, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Anyone who has remained or lives in one of these areas must be quarantined for 14 days upon entering or returning to Schleswig-Holstein. This quarantine can be shortened if travelers have two negative test results. The first must not have been created more than 48 hours before entry, the second must take place at least five days after entry. This is the time that the quarantine is mandatory. Exceptions apply, for example, to people just passing through Schleswig-Holstein or to travelers.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Here, risk areas include entire districts or urban districts. Berlin is therefore viewed as a whole and therefore not considered a risk area because the seven-day incidence for the entire city is still well below 50. An entry ban is applied to tourists from other risk areas wishing to enter Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Unless you can present a medical certificate stating that there is no evidence of a corona infection that should not be older than 48 hours. Otherwise, as in Schleswig-Holstein, there is an obligation to quarantine with the option to shorten it five days after entry with a negative test result.
Sedan
While travelers from Berlin must inform themselves very precisely which regulations apply to them at their destination, Berlin no longer shows risk areas within Germany. So if you move within Berlin districts that exceed the incidence of 50 in seven days, you don’t have to fear any restrictions.
Rhineland-Palatinate
In Rhineland-Palatinate, travelers from risk areas within Germany have to go directly to quarantine, there are no bans on entry or accommodation. Here there are also exceptions to the quarantine obligation, for example due to a negative test result or for short stays.
Bremen, Lower Saxony, Thuringia
In these three federal states there are no restrictions for German national travelers.
Other federal states
In Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and the Saarland, there are no entry bans or quarantine requirements for travelers from risk areas in the interior of Germany, but there is a ban on accommodation, unless there is a negative result on the entrance test.
