Germany plans to ease Covid-19 quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers

Germany to ease Covid-19 quarantine for travellers who have had a coronavirus vaccine approved in the European Union, namely BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.

Germany's cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to allow people who have been fully-vaccinated against Covid-19, recovered or had a negative test to enter Germany without having to go into quarantine, a government source said.

Germany plans to ease Covid-19 quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers (Photo by Sangga Rima Roman Selia on Unsplash)

The changes do not apply to anyone coming from a high-risk or an area with a mutation of the virus. The easing applies only to people who have had a vaccine approved in the European Union, namely BioNTech/Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.

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