Might explain why HK is so paranoid about not letting the new variants in until there is a larger %age of the population being vaccinated.
In talks that ran deep into the night, Merkel pushed the leaders of Germany's 16 states to take a tougher stance to fight the pandemic, reversing plans for a gradual re-opening of the economy agreed earlier this month after a sharp rise in the infection rate.
"We are now basically in a new pandemic. The British mutation has become dominant," Merkel told a news conference.
"Fundamentally, we face a new virus of the same kind but with very different characteristics. More deadly, more infectious, and infectious for longer."https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...aster-n1261815Germans can travel freely even amid the pandemic, but hotels and holiday resorts in the country are not allowed to rent rooms to tourists. That leaves travel abroad as the only option for those who are desperate to go on holidays.
"We advise against all travel abroad," Merkel said.