UK Travellers to Be Barred From Germany Amid COVID-19 Variant Spread

UK Travellers to Be Barred From Germany Amid COVID-19 Variant Spread
Border Police walk in Terminal 1 of Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 28, 2021. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images
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Britons will soon be barred from entering Germany after the country’s Public Health Institute designated the UK as a virus variant area of concern.

From midnight on Sunday, May 23, people travelling to Germany from Great Britain and Northern Ireland may only enter the country if they are a German citizen or resident.