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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>As of 4 January, all countries which appeared on Germany\u2019s \u201cvirus variant areas list\u201d were moved to its high-risk list, that country\u2019s Robert Koch Institute announced.<\/p>\n

Namibia is included among the lists of countries regarded as high-risk areas. Others arevBotswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK.<\/p>\n

They had all been placed on the red list of \u201cvirus variant countries\u201d on 28 November when Omicron was discovered, and only German citizens and residents and specific categories of travellers could enter Germany from virus variant areas.<\/p>\n

The head of the Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) Gitta Paetzold hailed Germany\u2019s decision to reduce the travel risk status for southern Africa.<\/p>\n

In an interview with New Era yesterday, she said these decisions were taken by key source countries for Namibian tourism just before the change of year, and resulted in 2022 starting on a very positive note for the country\u2019s travel sector. \u201cWith Namibia now removed from the \u2018variant list\u2019 and categorised as \u2018high risk\u2019 only, it means that the 14-day quarantine falls away, which makes travel to this part of the world plannable and attractive again. We sincerely hope that we will only move upward and forward from here as the travel ban called in late November with the identification of Omicron nearly wiped out all efforts of a tourism recovery,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the new dispensation allows the tourism sector to start hoping for a recovery and a better year. The decision by Germany to reduce travel risk status for southern Africa means travellers from these nine countries will be eligible to enter Germany, subject to the same restrictions as the majority of world travellers. However, they will still have to register before arriving in Germany, and carry the confirmation of registration with them upon entry.<\/p>\n

The German minister of foreign affairs, Annalena Baerbock, said: \u201cUpon entry into the Federal Republic of Germany, individuals aged six years or older need to be in possession of proof of testing, proof of recovery or proof of vaccination. As a general rule, Covid tests (antigen tests or PCR tests) must not be older than 48 hours at the time of (planned) entry into Germany.\u201d Travellers from high-risk areas who fail to provide proof from the listed methods above will face a quarantine of 10 days.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Namibia. As of 4 January, all countries which appeared on Germany\u2019s \u201cvirus variant areas list\u201d were moved to its high-risk list, that country\u2019s Robert Koch Institute announced. Namibia is included among the lists of countries regarded as high-risk areas. Others arevBotswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK. 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