Germany Classifies S’pore as ‘High-Risk’ Area But Vaccinated Travel Lane Still Exists

Remember when it was announced that fully vaccinated travellers will be able to travel to countries like Germany without the need for quarantine? Those were the good times.

However, it looks like these good times are being threatened ever since COVID-19 decided we had too much fun.

Kind of.

Germany Classifies S’pore as ‘High-Risk’ Area But Vaccinated Travel Lane Still Exists

Singapore will be classified as a “high-risk” COVID-19 area by Germany from tomorrow (24 Oct) onwards. This move come days after the US moved Singapore to their highest risk category by their Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

The US recommends people avoid travelling to Singapore due to the high level of COVID-19 cases here. With over 3,000 cases daily, who could blame them?

Aside from our little red dot, four other countries were classified as a “high-risk” COVID-19 area by Germany as well:

• Bulgaria
• Cameroon
• Croatia
• Republic of the Congo

But hey: how about the Vaccinated Travel Lane?

Fully Vaccinated Travellers Still Be Allowed to Enter Germany Without Quarantine

According to the German Embassy in Singapore, most of the travellers who are fully vaccinated will still be allowed to enter Germany. However, digital registration is required.

The registration requires travellers to provide a few things:

• A proof of vaccination
• A negative result from the COVID-19 test or recovery proof.

No quarantine is needed. On the other hand, for unvaccinated children that are 12 years old and younger, quarantine will be needed. They will be quarantined for five days upon the arrival.

Why is Singapore Classified as a ‘High-Risk’ Area?

In case you’ve been avoiding the news like the plague, let me give you a quick update: Singapore is seeing over 3,000 positive COVID-19 cases daily.

If that number is not scary enough, read this: in the last seven days, for every 100,000 people, the incidence rate of the newly reported cases in Singapore was 396.42 as compared to Germany’s incidence rate of 90.26.

Additionally, in the past week, Singapore has also reported higher daily death tolls and a spike in daily new infections. That includes 18 deaths on 20 Oct.

Thus, it is understandable why Germany (and the US) has classified Singapore to be a “high-risk” COVID-19 area.

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