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Lower Saxony Health Minister Carola Reimann (SPD) provided the clearest guidance for everyone who wants to travel within Germany during the autumn holidays despite the increase in Corona numbers. She recommended “spending the fall break at home if possible.”
For those who are unwilling or unable to follow the advice, traveling is more difficult than in summer. Several federal states have issued housing bans for those arriving from so-called corona hotspots, that is, communities with more than 50 corona-infected people per 100,000 residents. According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), these are currently parts of Berlin, the cities of Hamm and Remscheid and the district of Vechta. In most federal states, hotspot guests are not allowed. Only in Bremen, Lower Saxony and Thuringia there is no such ban.
All Berliners can go to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. But not to Rhineland-Palatinate
If you want to spend your holidays in Schleswig-Holstein, Rhineland-Palatinate and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and you come from a German risk zone, you must also wait for a 14-day quarantine. Exceptions are possible: Those who submit negative corona tests may be exempted from the obligation.
The restrictions were not only issued in view of the recent increase in the number, but were “laid down in our quarantine regulations for months,” explains a spokeswoman for the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Health. Until recently, they were not a problem in Germany due to the low number of infections. All that changed after the seven-day incidence jumped to more than 50 in various regions and cities in Germany. It indicates how many people in a region recently fell ill in seven days, according to every 100,000 inhabitants of this region.
Rhineland-Palatinate uses the RKI to classify risk areas, both globally and nationally, explains the ministry spokeswoman. “We don’t differentiate if people come from Germany or from abroad.” And because the RKI only sees individual districts of Berlin as a risk area, one looks at Berlin in Rhineland-Palatinate by district. Schleswig-Holstein does the same.
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and other federal states, however, regulations are based on the incidence value, which applies to the entire city. As long as the value does not exceed 50, Berliners can continue to enter the country, even if they come from one of the particularly polluted districts.
An overview of the various rules can be found on the Internet, for example, on the website of the Federal Center for Competition in Tourism. The problem: so far, each country has set its own rules and they change almost daily, which of course has to do with crown numbers. Regions that are still considered safe today may be risk areas tomorrow.
For this reason, the ADAC recommends to inquire about restrictions directly at the accommodation in case of doubt. Even that doesn’t provide 100% security: If the city of origin is suddenly declared an access point, this could mean for travelers already at the vacation destination that they have to leave immediately, ADAC warns. Then at least the cost of accommodation will be eliminated.
In light of inconsistent rules in federal states, some politicians are already warning against small states. The situation could become even more confusing if many regions of Germany soon exceed the limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants, fears the SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach. After all, the restrictions apply not only to vacations, but also to business trips.
Manfred Lucha, for example, Baden-Württemberg’s green minister for Social Affairs, reported problems on the Munich-Ulm railway line on Tuesday. The Bavarian capital also exceeded the incidence value of 50 a few days ago. That is why “the train attendants from Munich were not allowed to spend the night in our ICE hotel in Ulm”.
To facilitate travel, the Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Daniel Günther (CDU), calls for uniform rules throughout Germany. At least your country is ready to adapt to such rules.
