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In the fight against Corona, the Bavarian state government is tightening regulations on entry quarantine once again: from Wednesday, everyone driving or flying into Bavaria from a Corona risk area abroad must show a Negative Corona test on entry or immediately to test go, as announced by the state chancellery after deliberations in the Bavarian cabinet. When asked by BR, the State Chancellery said rapid tests would be recognized as sufficient evidence.
“Holidays must not become a risk. Safety comes first,” emphasized Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU). “In addition, Bavaria is introducing mandatory tests for those who return to travel.”
Test results must be submitted within 72 hours
The following already applies: Anyone entering from a risk area abroad must be quarantined for ten days. This can be terminated prematurely after at least five days with a negative corona test. Now there is also an obligation to take the test: according to the cabinet’s decision, all returnees from risk areas must submit a negative test result to the responsible health department within 72 hours of entry.
According to the State Chancellery, test centers at airports or municipal centers are available for testing. Signs on freeways are meant to remind you of the new obligation. Ideally, the test should take place abroad, he said, but not more than 48 hours before entering Bavaria.
State government announces controls
According to the State Chancellery, travelers and returned relatives will also be controlled to enforce the obligation to take the test and “point out the responsibility of each individual.” “Administrative crimes are systematically prosecuted.”
With immediate effect and until at least January 6, the Bavarian police and the federal police must “carry out more controls in the border area and at border crossings both by land and by air (main routes).” The state chancellery announced that the digital entry record (DEA) and the curfew will be verified from 9 pm In addition, reference is made to quarantine regulations.
Söder: Better not to travel to risk areas
Söder appealed to people to refrain from traveling to risky areas entirely. “In this way, everyone is better protected,” emphasized the prime minister, who currently carries out official procedures since quarantine. On Monday, the head of the State Chancellery, Florian Herrmann (CSU), who has been coordinating corona policy at the State Chancellery for months, tested positive. Söder also went into quarantine as a contact person.
In recent weeks, Söder had emphasized several times that he was very worried about the Christmas holidays. After all, both summer and carnival vacations would have led to the expansion of Corona. On Monday, visiting the vaccination center at the Munich fairgrounds, he said: “We are facing a real test, this is the holidays and the holidays. On the one hand, there are vacationers who fly to one of the traditional tourist destinations. On the other hand, people from Bavaria traveled to their country of origin to visit their relatives.
Most European countries are considered risk areas
On the European continent there are currently only regions in France (Brittany), Greece, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Austria (two municipalities on the German border) that are not classified as risk areas. There are also regions in Ireland, as well as Portuguese Madeira, French Corsica, a large part of the Greek islands, the British Isle of Man, and the Channel Island of Guernsey, as well as the Danish islands of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The Robert Koch Institute classifies as a risk zone if a country or region exceeds the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days. The majority of European countries are therefore risk areas. Also in Germany, the seven-day incidence is well above this value.
(With dpa material)
