“All unvaccinated people entering Germany will have to be tested in future – regardless of whether they come by plane, car or train,” Spahn said in a statement. Under current German rules, any unvaccinated person entering the country by plane must get tested, but those entering by road or rail must not unless they are coming from an area deemed high risk. Police have said the rules will not be enforced through systematic border controls, but through random checks. READ ALSO: Germany to order mandatory Covid tests for all returning unvaccinated travellers ‘from August’In an interview with the Funke Media Group, police union chairman Andreas Roßkopf warned that the border police would be unable to cope with the new rules. On Thursday, the RKI revealed that thousands of infections had arrived in Germany from abroad during the summer holidays.

Source: The Local July 30, 2021 10:30 UTC