Germany's Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) announced that all persons entering by air should be checked by the federal police. The primary aim is to determine whether the entry registration and the negative corona test result are available, according to the government member.

As a result, where possible, all passengers coming from abroad are treated as non-Schengen travelers. This measure is to be carried out by at least May 12, 2021. However, due to the developments in border controls, it can be assumed that Seehofer will order an extension of this order.

Germany was repeatedly criticized by other EU countries because, coming from the Schengen area, there was often no control at all, even though the stay triggered a quarantine. With the switch in Germany, it was possible to circumvent the Austrian quarantine in a tricky way until mid-December 2020. Since then, Austria has viewed almost all countries as risk areas and demands isolation from Germany as well. This does not apply to people who fall under one of the many exceptions. The same also applies to Germany, by the way.