Germany to ease Covid travel restrictions on UK travellers from Wednesday

Travellers from UK who are double-vaccinated or have recovered from an infection will no longer require quarantine

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Travel restrictions for arrivals from the UK to Germany will be eased from Wednesday, after Germany's disease control agency announced plans to downgrade the virus variant area" status of the UK alongside Portugal, Russia, India and Nepal.

UK travellers who have either received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, or can prove that they have recovered from an infection with the virus, will no longer be required to quarantine upon their arrival.