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COVID Test

COVID-19 negative certification subject to special conditions.

Travellers coming from a designated high risk country/area must complete a test no earlier than 48 hours (antigen) or 72 hours (PCR).

Travellers arrriving from virus variant countries/areas must be tested no earlier than 24 hours (antigen) or 72 hours (PCR).

Quarantine Requirements

Self-isolation at own accommodation- subject to categorisation.

Due to the spread of a new coronavirus variant in southern Africa, the German government is drastically restricting entry from eight countries in the region: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Eswatini, Malawi and Lesotho. Only German citizens can enter from these countries. Even those who are vaccinated must complete a two-week quarantine on arrival and regardless of their test results.

Travel Documents Requirements

Documents proving vaccination, test or recovery must be presented before travellers embark on their journey:

• proof of vaccination completed at least 14 days after receiving the full vaccination. Double dose and single dose vaccines authorised by the Paul Erhlich Institut are accepted: Pfizer-BioNtech, Moderna, Oxford-AstraZenica, and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen.
• negative result to a PCR test as defined by the Robert Koch Institute.
• COVID-19 certificate of recovery showing a positive PCR test result carried out at least 28 days but no more than six months prior.

Children below 12 years may end quarantine after 5 days without submitting proof of a negative test result.