For a number of months in Germany, if you were coming from 'outside' and had been in a high-risk area (there's a list that the government now maintains)....then you were mandated to take a Covid-test (ONE).
This past week, the standards changed. As you enter from this high-risk area....you now have to take two Covid tests. The results NEED to be negative on both (I emphasize this).
If both are positive? Well....you either go into a government quarantine situation or you go to your house/apartment (doing the quarantine there).
Naturally, you will ask....what if test #1 is negative and test #2 is positive? No one has openly discussed this possibility.
Generally....at least with the quick tests....it's only from around 80-percent to 93-percent reliable. The standard tests are around 99-percent reliable, although some debate comes up over situations of contamination....where the nurse/tester have screwed up the process.
You can imagine standing there, and get the mixed test results, and generally flip-out (kinda like someone suggesting you have cancer).
The odds of you now going for a 3rd and possibly a 4th test? I would suggest that most Germans will go to their clinic doctor (calling them on the phone) and explain their travels situation with the two test results. He'll agree, and give you the digital slip. So you get a minimum of one test....with it probably showing negative.
So three tests likely to come out of this scenario? Cost factor? Probably in the 300 to 400 Euro range. Odds of you ever going to any area with high-risk noted there? I'd suggest nine out of ten German travelers would quickly wise-up and refuse the travel opportunity.
It's an amusing situation and likely to trigger a lot of extra frustration among German travelers.
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