Germany tightens Covid controls at French border over variants
Germany's Robert Koch Institute said it would add the Moselle département in north-east France to the list of “variant of concern” areas that already includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
GermanyGermany announced Sunday that travelers from France’s northeastern Moselle region will face additional restrictions due to the high rate of variant coronavirus cases there, reports Yahoo! News.
Germany's disease control agency, the Robert Koch Institute, said it would add Moselle to the list of “variant of concern” areas that already includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Travelers from those areas must produce a recent negative coronavirus test before entering Germany.
The Moselle region in northeastern France includes the city of Metz and borders the German states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.
