COVID-19: Germany declares UK a ‘virus variant region’, requiring travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland to quarantine for 14 days | World News

COVID-19: Germany declares UK a ‘virus variant region’, requiring travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland to quarantine for 14 days | World News

Germany has designated the UK a “virus variant region”, meaning anyone arriving from Britain and Northern Ireland will need to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival.

It comes a week after Germany declared the UK a COVID “risk area”.

The Indian variant of the coronavirus has been spreading in the UK, with more than 3,400 people infected as of the latest figures.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany March 19, 2021. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS
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Angela Merkel has reminded the public that the virus ‘has not disappeared’

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