All travelers returning from risk areas abroad are subject to a corona test in Bavaria from tomorrow.
You must submit a test result to the responsible health department no later than 72 hours after entering the country.
The Cabinet (December 22) a corona * -Testpflicht on Tuesday for all
returning travelers
from
risk areas
in
countries
decided.
Apparently the measure should prevent new infections by vacationers.
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Munich
- This is new, completely new.
Exceptionally not in a live press conference, Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) publishes another blatant innovation shortly before Christmas *: According to the current cabinet decision, all citizens returning from abroad must undergo a mandatory test if the travel destination has been classified as a risk area .
They don't have much time for it either.
The result
must be available to the
health department
no later than
72 hours after entry
.
Corona test obligation in Bavaria for return travelers only applies to foreign countries
Those
returning from vacation and family
can also present
corona tests
that were carried out abroad.
However, the test may not be older than 48 hours.
Test obligation for all vacation and family returnees from risk areas: The vacation must not become a risk.
Anyone entering Bavaria must show a negative test or immediately for testing.
The test centers at the airports and municipal centers are available for this purpose.
- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) December 22, 2020
This new measure is apparently intended to make vacation trips to risk areas even less popular, because the logistics behind it are tough.
The free Södertest does not help the returnees.
Because they tend to take longer to evaluate, even if there are enough appointments in the test centers.
Tests on site in the holiday country are usually quite expensive.
Corona test obligation in Bavaria for travelers returning - Söder: "Travel to risk areas is best not at all"
“The
vacation must not become a risk
.
Safety comes first.
Leads
Bayern
a
test mandatory
for returning travelers, "says Söder.
He has been in quarantine himself since Monday because of a proven Corona * case in his cabinet.
“It is best not to travel to risk areas at all.
So everyone stays better protected. "
In addition, there is
still a strict
quarantine
requirement
for people
entering
*
from
risk areas
.
You have to go to your own apartment or suitable accommodation immediately after entering the country and isolate yourself there for ten days.
The quarantine can be ended with a negative test after five days at the earliest.
According to the
State Chancellery, there are
only
exception
rules
for system-critical activities of certain professional groups, for example in the areas of
care
and
public safety
.
Regardless of this, all nurses, including foreign nurses, are obliged to have themselves
tested for
the
coronavirus
*
twice a week
.
Corona test obligation in Bavaria for vacationers: non-risk areas very manageable in Europe
On the
European mainland
there are currently only regions in France (Brittany), Greece, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Austria (two communities 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 Faroe Islands.
The
classification as a risk area
occurs when a country or region
exceeds
the
limit of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past seven days
.
All of Germany and most of the other European countries are therefore risk areas.
(* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network)
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