Because of the high number of infections and concerns about virus mutations, many countries are tightening their entry requirements - including Austria.
Registration will soon apply.
Vienna - In Austria *, due to the corona pandemic, digital registration will apply from Friday.
The Ministry of Health published a corresponding regulation.
Corona: Austria introduces mandatory registration for travelers
From Friday (January 15)
travelers
must
register electronically
as soon as they travel to Austria.
However, regular commuters and transit travelers are excluded.
There are also exceptions for emergency family situations such as funerals.
In addition to
your name
,
date of birth
and
e-mail address, you
must also provide
your home and residence
address in Austria
.
The
date of entry and the planned departure
is also
noted
.
In addition, it must be stated in which countries you have stayed in the past ten days.
The corresponding online form should be available from Wednesday.
The ministry announced that it would delete the data after 28 days.
According to the online portal
t-online.de
, which received the letter from the ministry
, it is not necessary to register if the entry is made for "unforeseeable, urgent, and particularly worthy of consideration reasons in the family circle"
.
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Quarantine requirements for people entering Austria remain
The regulation that people entering Austria
must be
quarantined
for
ten days
also remains in place.
With a negative corona test, the quarantine can be ended prematurely after five days at the earliest.
According to information from
t-online.de,
only entries for professional reasons, people in transit and accompanying persons in medical emergencies are exempt
from the quarantine
obligation.
However, the latter must be able to present a negative PCR test that is not older than 72 hours.
(fk / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editorial network.
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