Germany imposes UK travel curbs due to variant from India

Bloomberg

Germany will impose fresh restrictions on travellers from the UK starting on
Sunday due to the rapid spread in Britain of the
coronavirus strain first identified in India.
Travellers from the US will have to spend two weeks in quarantine upon arrival in Germany even if they test negative for the virus, according to the foreign ministry. In addition, transport companies will only be allowed to bring German citizens back into the country.
Germany now classifies Britain as a “virus variant area,” the country’s highest risk category, following a recommendation from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), according to the foreign ministry.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she is deeply concerned about the spread of the variant first detected India.
“This variant seems to
be even more aggressive than the British mutation,” Merkel said after the G-20 World Health Summit. “That means we will have to be careful.”