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According to "Spiegel" information, the federal government is planning an entry ban from countries with a high distribution of corona mutants.
A template for a corresponding regulation is currently being coordinated between the departments, reported the "Spiegel" on Wednesday evening on its online platform.
A spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior confirmed to the German Press Agency that a corresponding decision is currently being agreed.
Union politicians from the federal and state levels pleaded for strict travel restrictions.
The Union faction vice in the Bundestag, Andreas Jung, told the "Welt" (Thursday): "If the mutated virus is rampant in a region, action must be taken consistently against the spread - even with strict travel restrictions."
The chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in Baden-Württemberg, Wolfgang Reinhart, told the “Welt”: “It cannot be that highly dangerous virus mutations are brought into Germany by flights. (...) We have to do the controls at the airports tighten and, if necessary, limit air traffic to the absolutely necessary minimum. ”According to the newspaper, the CSU parliamentary group leader in the Bavarian state parliament, Thomas Kreuzer, also called for flights from risk areas with virus mutations to be restricted“ as far as possible ”.
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Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) had already told "Bild" on Tuesday with a view to Corona: "The danger posed by the numerous virus mutations requires us to also examine drastic measures and discuss them in the federal government." This included "significantly stricter border controls", especially at the borders with high-risk areas, "but also the reduction of air traffic to Germany to almost zero".
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