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Welcome to Germany! Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, special regulations apply to entry into Germany. If you have spent time in one of the risk areas listed below within the 10 days prior to entering the Federal Republic of Germany, you must follow specific regulations. Questions concerning the coronavirus: https://www.zusammengegencorona.de/informi- eren/basiswissen-zum-coronavirus/ Did you receive a coronavirus SMS? Since 1 March 2021, in line with section 36 (10) sentence 1 no. 3 of the Protection Against Infection Act in connection with the Ordinance on Coronavirus Entry Regulations, German mobile network op- erators have been sending text messages containing current coronavirus information from the Federal Government to travellers entering Germany. Further information is available here: https://www.bun- desgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus-infos-reisende/einreise-sms/datenschutzhinweise.html Table of contents Which rules apply to me? Where can I get additional information? What should I be aware of when travelling and during my stay in Germany? What rules apply to me? The following overview will inform you of the obligations with respect to SARS-CoV-2 corona- virus when entering the Federal Republic of Germany. Please note: Exemptions may apply with regard to the obligations to register, provide a test result or quarantine. In what area did I spend time in the 10 days prior to entering Germany? Countries currently listed as risk areas: www.rki.de/risikogebiete Risk area High-incidence area Area of variants of con- Not a risk area cern Current issues: . Ban on carriage until 3 March 2021 . Some entry re- strictions until 3 March 2021 Very few exceptions! Before entry: Before entry: Before entry: Before entry: Registration Registration Registration . No obligations Negative test result Negative test result Negative test result (also possible up to 48 hrs after entry) Few exceptions! No exceptions! After entry: After entry: After entry: After entry: If applicable, get test . No obligations result later (up to 48 hrs after entry)* Quarantine, exemptions Quarantine, exemptions Quarantine, depending depending on your Fed- depending on your Fed- on your Federal Land; eral Land’s rules eral Land’s rules few exceptions! *Information on testing opportunities in Germany: www.116117.de / Tel. 116117 Fact sheet on regulations for persons entering Germany in connection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus-infos-reisende/merkblatt- dea.html?fbclid=IwAR2W9XX4YnK5FpFmFN_ANBr0yfNqMvjOMMbZGuM3uh7hzmP- DLzLRE4Rtao Where can I get additional information? Questions concerning the ban on carriage and its exemptions: www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/service/gesetze-und-verordnungen/guv-19- lp/coronaschv Questions concerning entry restrictions from areas of variants of concern: www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/bevoelkerungsschutz/corona- virus/coronavirus-faqs Questions concerning testing and exemptions from the testing obligation: Here you can find information regarding test results such as the exemptions from the test- ing obligation that might apply and the requirements the test result must meet (-> “Testing obligation”):www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coronavirus-infos-reisende/faq- tests-einreisende Questions concerning quarantine and exemptions from the obligation to quarantine: Please note that the Federal Länder adopt and implement the quarantine regulations under their own responsibility. The law of the Federal Land you are entering, and/or where you are staying, is binding. Relevant information is available at: Baden-Württemberg: https://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/service/aktuelle-infos- zu-corona/ Bavaria (Bayern): https://www.bayern.de/coronavirus-in-bayern-informationen-auf- einen-blick/ Berlin: https://www.berlin.de/corona/ Brandenburg: https://kkm.brandenburg.de/kkm/de/ Bremen: https://www.bremen.de/corona Hamburg: https://www.hamburg.de/coronavirus/ Hesse (Hessen): https://www.hessen.de/fuer-buerger/aktuelle-informationen-zu- corona-hessen Mecklenburg Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern): https://www.regierung- mv.de/corona/ Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen): https://www.niedersachsen.de/Coronavirus North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen): https://www.land.nrw/corona Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz): https://corona.rlp.de/de/startseite/ Saarland: https://www.saarland.de/DE/portale/corona/home/home_node.html Saxony (Sachsen): https://www.coronavirus.sachsen.de/index.html Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt): https://coronavirus.sachsen-anhalt.de/ Schleswig-Holstein: https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/Schwerpunkte/Coronavi- rus/coronavirus_node.html;jsessionid=8651006488D177B24833E4A56502FC06.de- livery1-master Thuringia (Thüringen): https://corona.thueringen.de/ Questions concerning registration and exemptions from the obligation to register: You have registered online before entering Germany. Here you can find information re- garding the Digital Registration on Entry: www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/coro- navirus-infos-reisende/merkblatt-dea/faq-dea What should I be aware of when travelling and during my stay in Germany? You can protect yourself and others by reducing your number of contacts and following the DHM+A rules (maintaining a Distance + proper Hygiene + wearing a Mask when there is little space + Airing): https://www.infektionsschutz.de/coronavirus/alltag-in- zeiten-von-corona.html Medical facemasks (also known as surgical masks) or FFP2 masks (including KN95 and N95) are more effective in terms of protection than community masks. That is why you must wear medical facemasks in public transport as well as in shops. It is generally rec- ommended that you use medical facemasks when in-doors. Please also note the rules regarding wearing facemasks that apply in your Federal Land: https://www.bundesre- gierung.de/breg-de/themen/coronavirus/corona-bundeslaender-1745198 If you have symptoms typical of an infection with the coronavirus (coughing, fever, runny nose, or loss of your sense of smell or taste), please call your general practitioner or the out-of-hours patient care services (www.116117.de / Tel. 116117). Proceed to a suitable accommodation, self-isolate and do not receive any visitors. Please use the Corona-Warn-App (https://www.coronawarn.app/de/). Comprehensive information on rules and recommendations to protect against COVID- 19 is also available in various languages from the Federal Government’s Integration Commissioner: https://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de/ib-de/amt-und-person/infor- mationen-zum-coronavirus. .