BERLIN – Germany lifted its blanket warning against traveling to all non-EU countries Thursday, but also issued new partial or full travel warnings for a number of European countries.
Berlin has declared the entirety of Belgium and Iceland as at-risk areas and issued new travel warnings for Wales, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, and regions in France, Lithuania, Estonia, Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary and Romania. Poland is the only one of Germany’s nine neighboring countries which has not been placed on the at-risk list. Outside Europe, only Georgia and Tunisia remain free from travel restrictions.
Germany imposed its global travel warning in March, before lifting it for most EU countries in June.
The German foreign ministry mandates travel warnings for countries and regions if they have more than 50 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants in a week.
The government requires those entering Germany from at-risk areas to present a negative coronavirus test that’s at most 48 hours old, or to self-isolate for two weeks.