Germany’s health authority announced that Britain had been added to its list of Covid-19 high-risk countries, which will mean tighter travel restrictions.
The decision is a response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, which forced London’s mayor Sadiq Khan to declare a “major incident” in the British capital, AFP reports.
The change means arrivals from Britain will have to observe a two-week quarantine regardless of whether they are vaccinated, said the country’s health agency, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
The United Kingdom is now considered a “variant zone” of Covid-19, a category reserved for nations where the risk is the highest.
