Germany tightens restrictions on travel from UK to curb Omicron spread

Carriers banned from transporting British tourists to Germany as it classifies UK as virus variant area of concern

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Germany is tightening restrictions on travel from the UK in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, the country’s public health authority said on Saturday.

From midnight on Sunday – or 11pm UK time – carriers such as airlines are banned from transporting British tourists to Germany. Only German citizens and residents, their partners and children, and transit passengers will be allowed to travel to the country from the UK.