The Robert Koch Institute of the German National Institute of health announced that Germany on Friday classified all of France, including the French overseas territories, as a “high risk” area for New Crown infection.
This means that, at a minimum, random border controls will be in place and most travelers arriving from France will need to carry a negative Newcastle test result within 48 hours and will need to be quarantined upon arrival.
Previously, only the Moselle department in France, which borders Germany, was classified as a “high risk” area by Germany.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday night that Germany is preparing to classify France as a “high-risk” area. The German chancellor also hinted that the French-German border office’s inspection of the new crown test results would be random and not as strict as Germany has done recently with Poland, the Czech Republic, and the Austrian Tyrol. This was also confirmed by German government sources quoted by AFP.
Clément Beaune, France’s secretary of state for European affairs, expressed pleasure that the inspection measures on the German side could be mitigated to some extent. Those around him added: “We have avoided the German side simply closing its borders.”
With the number of new infections rising sharply each day in France in recent days and the outbreak worsening in schools, there have been many voices in France calling on the government to temporarily close schools. Faced with pressure, French Education Minister Blanquet announced Friday that in the 19 departments where restrictions have been tightened, a class with one child infected with the virus will be closed if the entire class. Previously, in the case of the traditional New Coronavirus or the British variant, three students in a class had to be infected before the class would be closed.
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