Germany is relaxing the rules for Dutch people who want to travel to the country. The Dutch will no longer have to quarantine from midnight on Sunday if they have not been vaccinated, nor do they have to provide information about their health situation in advance.
The Robert Koch Institut (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, determined on Friday that the Netherlands is no longer a high-risk area.
Dutch people who want to travel to Germany still have to show a test, vaccination or recovery certificate at the border. Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Saba and Sint Eustatius are still considered high-risk areas for Germany.
The stricter German rules applied from Tuesday 27 July, when the number of corona infections in the Netherlands had risen sharply. The Netherlands then turned dark red on the European corona map of the European health service ECDC, which may be a reason for other countries to take extra measures with travelers from the Netherlands. Now that the infections have decreased sharply, the European corona map has also looked slightly more favorable since Thursday. All twelve provinces are now red, the second highest level.
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