AP BERLIN – The German government is recommending that a requirement for people arriving from other countries in Europe to self-quarantine for 14 days be dropped.
Germany last month imposed a requirement for all people arriving in the country to go straight home and stay there for two weeks, except those who were on very short trips, commuting to their jobs, transporting goods or in some other essential functions.
A court in the northern state of Lower Saxony suspended the rule for that region this week.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Wednesday he is recommending that state governments, which are responsible for quarantines, drop the requirement for travelers from other European countries but maintain it for arrivals from other nations such as the United States and Russia.
The comment came as Seehofer said Germany will start loosening checks on its borders with some neighbors this weekend – though he said controls will be stepped back up if infections rise strongly in neighboring countries.
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