Dormant during the pandemic, travel and tourism behind them are about to wake up.
Germany will lift its travel warning on July 1, in force for more than a year, for most countries except those which still record a high level of Covid-19 infections or a high incidence of variants, announces this Friday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"We can lift the general warning to travelers for areas at risk whose incidence of the virus over seven days is less than 200," announced a statement from the head of diplomacy Heiko Maas.
“In many places the infection numbers are dropping and more and more citizens are being vaccinated.
After long months of confinement, we can rejoice in regaining a certain normality, and this also applies to travel, ”adds the Minister while continuing to call for caution and respect for sanitary rules.
The warning, accompanied by restrictions, however remains in place for countries with still high levels of infections or a high incidence of variants, such as Great Britain or India.
Coordination of measures at European level
Lifting this warning does not exempt from the obligation to present a negative test for Covid-19, a vaccination certificate or any other obligation in force for travel from Germany.
The move comes as the Twenty-Seven agreed on Friday to coordinate their measures to facilitate travel within the European Union this summer with the adoption of the Covid certificate, but provide for the possibility of reintroducing restrictions in case emergence of a variant.
From July 1, a person with a European Covid certificate, attesting either that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, or that they have passed a negative test, or that they are immune as a result of infection, should be able to travel within the OR without restrictions such as further testing or quarantine.
"We can be confident that with these updated measures and the EU's Covid digital certificate, Europeans will be able to enjoy a safe summer vacation with restrictions which, where they exist, will only be limited" , said a spokesperson for the EU executive, Christian Wigand.