You do not have your two doses of vaccines or a certificate proving that you are cured of Covid-19?
You will have to wait a bit before seeing the Brandenburg Gate or the jewels of Bavaria.
Germany is toughening up its tone with regard to travelers coming from the south of France or French overseas territories, in the grip of a resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
As of Sunday, unimmunized travelers from Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, Corsica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, or even Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy will have to climb patte blanche to escape quarantine in Germany.
This new rule was announced this Friday by the German health watch institute Robert Koch (RKI).
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In other words, each traveler coming from these areas will have to present a health pass proving that he has received two injections of vaccine or is considered to be cured… otherwise an isolation period of ten days must be observed.
This quarantine may however be reduced to five days upon presentation of a negative test.
Areas considered to be "high risk"
The institute has decided to classify these regions in areas at “high risk” of contamination by the new coronavirus, with an incidence of new cases greater than 200 per 100,000 inhabitants over seven days.
In Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, for example, the incidence currently exceeds 500.
Spain, another popular tourist destination for Germans, has also been included in this category since the end of July.
The Netherlands, which is experiencing a lull in new infections, has however emerged.
As the vaccination campaign slows down in Germany, the country is worried about a fourth wave of the pandemic, although the resurgence of infections caused by the highly contagious Delta variant remains at this stage more moderate than in most his neighbors.
On Friday, it recorded 3,448 new cases in 24 hours and 24 deaths, with an incidence rate of 20.4.
Some 54% of the population received two doses of the vaccine.
Berlin facing the vaccine glass ceiling
To avoid a runaway contamination on its soil after returning from the summer holidays as a year ago, Germany recently generalized the obligation for travelers to present a vaccination certificate or a negative Covid test when entering the country. .
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This obligation, which applies from the age of 12, previously only applied to people arriving by plane and is now extended to all modes of transport.
Cross-border workers and travelers in transit are however exempt.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet on Tuesday the heads of government of the German regions, competent in health matters in accordance with the federal system, to take stock in particular of the health situation and the means to encourage the reluctant to be vaccinated, including via paid tests as in France.
