update (30 December 2021): Effective 04 January 2021, Germany no longer classifies South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi as areas of variants of concern.
update (27 November 2021): The German Government now also categorizes Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini and Malawi as "virus variant areas". This becomes effective at midnight on 28 November 2021.
Germany's acting Health Minister Jens Spahn today (26 November 2021) announced that South Africa will be declared a virus variant area by the German Government. This is due to the detection of a new Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.529, in South Africa, which has a "very unusual constellation" of mutations. The decision, which will come into effect from tonight, will mean airlines will be allowed to fly only Germans to Germany from South Africa, according to the acting Health Minister. Returning Germans, even those who are vaccinated, will then have to spend 14 days in quarantine. Other neighbouring countries of South Africa, such as Namibia, Botswana or Zimbabwe, might also be categorized as virus variant areas. We'll keep you posted!
Deutschland wird u.a. #Südafrika zum Virusvariantengebiet erklären. Mit Inrafttreten heute Nacht dürfen Fluggesellschaften nur noch Deutsche nach 🇩🇪 befördern, außerdem gelten 14 Tage Quarantäne für alle, auch Geimpfte. (1/2)— Jens Spahn (@jensspahn) November 26, 2021
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