Are you traveling to Germany soon and need info on Covid and its protocols? Here’s what’s going on!
Considering I’m headed to Berlin soon, I need this information as much as anyone else. So keep reading below.
Recently, Germany changed its covid procedures so now things are looking a little different.
I, for one, have my EU German Health Pass, the LUCA app, and three doses of Moderna in me, but do I need it?
Here’s the scoop from the German Federal Foreign Office website.
Main updates:
1 June 2022: As of 1 June, the requirements to register before entry, provide a negative test result and to quarantine only applies to travellers who have stayed in an area of variant of concern. Extension of the Ordinance on Coronavirus Entry Regulations until 31 August 2022.
7 June 2022: Entry with vaccines approved by the WHO
11 June 2022: Lifting of entry restrictions
In other words, only if you’re in a country with variants of concern will you have to register before arriving, provide a negative covid test, and quarantine, or if you’re coming from China.
If you download the Areas of Concern PDF from the German Federal Foreign Office website, you’ll see a list of countries no longer considered high-risk areas, it lists countries that were in the red zone that are now okay to travel to Germany.
But if you continue reading, there’s a section titled Countries Considered High-Risk. There’s currently none.
Therefore entering Germany has almost no restrictions. People are free to come and go as they please.
Masks
Even though the 3G mandate (the mandate that required you to show you had three vaccines to enter most venues) has dropped, people are required to use masks on public transportation like buses and the metro train system.
What Does This Mean?
Although I’m prepared to show my EU Health Pass and register my location with the Luca app, it is no longer required.
This means that heading to the nightclub, restaurant, or Biergarten doesn’t involve all the previous steps during the pandemic’s peak.
It also means, there’s no paperwork required to enter Germany, no quarantine upon arrival, and no proof of a negative covid test.
Travel is back (let’s hope I didn’t just jinx it.)
Now, all that’s left is to get on that plane and travel to Germany! Let’s get on with it.