Germany currently sees no need to tighten travel restrictions from China

Germany currently sees no need to impose new travel restrictions for people coming from China, a government official said on Wednesday.

"We are monitoring the situation in China very closely, but at the moment we have no indication that a more dangerous mutation has developed... which would justify the declaration of a virus variant zone," a health ministry spokesperson said.

Such a status requires anyone entering Germany to quarantine for two weeks on arrival.