The government in Berlin will loosen coronavirus quarantine rules for travelers arriving to Germany from the European Union, the Schengen passport-free zone and Britain.

Authorities will only recommend travelers go into quarantine if they arrive from countries with elevated numbers of infections, a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry said on Friday.

A mandatory two-week quarantine still applies for travelers from countries outside the EU, Reuters reported, citing the spokesman.

The reproduction rate for the coronavirus in Germany remained below the key threshold of 1 according to both the conventional calculation method and a new, less volatile measure, the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said on Thursday.

Source: RT