Germany Imposes Quarantine on Travelers from Morocco and Southern France as COVID-19 Cases Rise

As of this Sunday, the following French regions and territories: Occitanie, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, Corsica, and - Overseas - Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, and countries like Morocco, Algeria, Thailand and Mexico are classified as "high risk areas for Covid-19 contamination" by Germany.

As a result, the German government imposes a five-day quarantine on travelers arriving on its territory from these regions and countries who have not been vaccinated or have not recovered from the coronavirus. The quarantine can be lifted prematurely after 5 days as soon as a second negative test is recorded, carried out at least 5 days after arrival, on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health. Failure to comply with this quarantine obligation may be sanctioned, as an offense, involving fines of up to 25,000 euros.

Travelers will also have to report to the German health authorities at the place of stay any appearance of symptoms related to Covid-19 during the 10 days after entering German territory, even in the event of a negative test or complete vaccination.