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Coronavirus: Germany plans new COVID-19 testing rules for travelers — report
Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.27.2021 | ab/nm (Reuters, AFP)

Posted on 07/27/2021 11:19:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai

German Health Minister Jens Spahn is planning compulsory coronavirus tests for travelers entering the country, regardless of where they travel from, Funke Media Group reported on Tuesday.

The ministry is aiming for “an expansion of test requirements upon entry as quickly as possible,” according to a document seen by the media group. The goal is to curb the recent rapid rise in infections, especially with the highly contagious delta variant.

Currently, air passengers and people entering from high-risk areas are obliged to provide a negative test or proof that they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from an infection. The new rule would set a blanket requirement, not just limited to high-risk areas or certain types of transport, the report said. But it is unclear whether the change would apply to fully vaccinated people. […]

The news of the plan comes shortly after German lawmakers and officials clashed over proposals to extend freedoms only for those people who have been fully vaccinated. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: covid19; eussr; fourthreich; germany; ihrepapierebitte; jensspahn; papersplease; testing

1 posted on 07/27/2021 11:19:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

how are you going to test them?

PCR tests cant tell the difference between the flu and Covid.


2 posted on 07/27/2021 11:22:08 AM PDT by struggle
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To: Olog-hai

When do the French bring back the guillotine?
“Papers please....”


3 posted on 07/27/2021 11:24:45 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Olog-hai

Yup. Like your freedom, get the stab!

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3979094/posts


4 posted on 07/27/2021 11:27:59 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

. . . and die anyway.


5 posted on 07/27/2021 11:32:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

I mean, their country, their rules.


6 posted on 07/27/2021 11:32:13 AM PDT by CrazyCatChick (But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Currently, air passengers and people entering from high-risk areas are obliged to provide a negative test or proof that they have been fully vaccinated or have recovered from an infection.”

Krauts don’t learn.


7 posted on 07/27/2021 11:40:12 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: CrazyCatChick

Somebody’s body, somebody’s choice.


8 posted on 07/27/2021 11:41:56 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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