Germany categorizes China as 'threatening virus variant area' starting Monday
(MENAFN) Germany on Saturday notified against non-necessary travel to China, calling it as a "threatening virus variant area" since Monday, because of the current COVID-19 wave in China, according to the Foreign Office.
The office also shared on its website that the move was made because of China's "peak level of COVID-19 infections and the overburdened healthcare system."
Germany's disease control agency Robert Koch Institute (RKI) also made an announcement: "the People's Republic of China, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is considered a virus variant area of emerging concern as of 0 a.m. on January 9, 2023."
The expression "threatening to occur" is a new category in the classification of virus variant areas, the organization further declared.
In line with the new measures, stricter entry measures for passengers from China, as well as antigen or PCR tests, will be applied in Germany as of Monday.
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