Söder announces corona rules for travelers returning - innovations probably earlier than planned

It's vacation season.

But a new rule could soon come into force for returnees.

The federal government is planning to expand the compulsory test.

Berlin - it could be ready in a few days.

According to Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), the federal government is planning to expand the compulsory corona test for travelers returning from August 1.

The federal government has assured that it will try everything by August 1 to introduce a uniform test requirement, "not only for air travel but also, for example, for everything that comes on a normal car route or train route," said Söder on Tuesday in the ARD "Topics of the day". "We put pressure on it again as countries because we need a reliable basis." In the afternoon, he was informed that a legal basis would be created so that implementation would work on August 1st. 

He went on to say: "The rule is relatively simple, everyone needs a test that arrives again, so to speak, whether he comes by car, train or plane." Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) told

this regard

on Wednesday

already made clear: "Anyone who has been shown to have been vaccinated or recovered naturally does not need a test."

Söder announces: Corona rules for travelers returning: Innovations probably earlier than planned

Already on Tuesday it became known that Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) and Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) want to extend the obligation to test to all travelers without proof of vaccination or recovery.

The Federal Ministry of Health wants "the fastest possible expansion of the test obligations upon entry" .. Regardless of the area from which and with what kind of means of transport, those returning from the country are arriving.

Such a regulation currently only applies to passengers arriving by plane.

However, there are concerns about this within the federal government.

Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) sees the comprehensive test obligation for travelers in a report by the Funke media group as disproportionate.

Since midnight, Tuesday, July 27th, the Netherlands and Spain have been considered Corona high incidence areas *.

Thus, additional requirements apply when entering the Federal Republic of Germany.

With the decision on Friday, the federal government reacted to a sharp increase in the number of infections in the federal states.

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