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Five neighboring countries affected by Germany: RKI massively expands travel warning for vacation regions

2020-09-16T20:25:50.962Z


The Robert Koch Institute is serious. The federal authority is massively expanding its travel warnings - the Federal Foreign Office follows suit immediately.


The Robert Koch Institute is serious.

The federal authority is massively expanding its travel warnings - the Federal Foreign Office follows suit immediately.

  • When the Robert Koch Institute * designates a region as a corona risk area *, it does not take long before the Federal Foreign Office issues a travel warning.

  • On Wednesday evening (September 16), the RKI declared areas in eight countries as risk areas.

  • Five neighboring countries are affected by Germany.

Berlin - bang from the

Robert Koch Institute

.

The federal authority

declared a

number of new regions to be

risk

areas

on Wednesday evening

.

This affects

Germany's

neighboring countries

and popular holiday regions.

If the

RKI classifies

a region as a

risk area

, it usually does not take long before the

Federal Foreign Office

follows suit and also warns against travel.

The new assessment of the

RKI

at a glance.

Corona in France: situation in the country precarious - new travel warnings follow

According to the World Health Organization,

France

has a threatening 14-day incidence * of 168, which is the fifth worst value in

Europe

.

That is why Germany has now reacted and is extending its warnings.

From now on, the

Hauts-de-France region

and the overseas territory of

La Réunion are also

considered

risk areas

.

A number of areas such as the

Île-de-France region

around the metropolis of

Paris

had previously been classified as risk areas.

On the website of the

Foreign Office

it says: “Before unnecessary, tourist trips to the regions

Île-de-France

Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

,

Occitanie

,

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

,

Hauts-de -France

 as well as to

Corse

(Corsica),

French Guyana, St. Martin, Guadeloupe

and

La Réunion

are currently being warned due to the high number of infections.

Corona in Austria: Vienna is now a risk area - the capital is the country's problem child

In

Austria

, the

federal state of Vienna

has developed more and more into the corona focal point of the country in recent weeks.

In the newly introduced traffic light system * of the black-green federal government around

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz

(ÖVP), the capital was the only area to have the orange warning level at the weekend, which corresponds to "high risk".

As expected,

Germany

has now reacted and declared the city of almost two million people a risk area.

The

Foreign Office followed

suit and from now on warns against traveling to

Vienna

.

My appeal: let us be particularly careful, especially at private celebrations - since most people are currently infected there.

Read the full interview here: https://t.co/YmSndTILbb pic.twitter.com/oFqtsVvY2j

- Sebastian Kurz (@sebastiankurz) September 13, 2020

Corona in Croatia: The number of cases is increasing in the east of the country

In August, returnees made up a large part of the new corona infections in Germany, many of them came from

Croatia

.

The situation on site seemed to improve somewhat in September, but is nonetheless still tense.

Croatia

has an incidence of 81. Now the

Brod-Posavina

and

Virovitica-Podravina

counties

in the east of the country have been added as new risk areas.

In addition to these areas, the

Foreign Office

continues to

warn

against traveling to the counties of

 Zadar, Šibenik-Knin,

Split-Dalmatia, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Požega-Slavonia

.

Corona in Hungary: "Not advised" before traveling to the whole country

Meanwhile, the situation is more dire in

Hungary

, which has a 14-day incidence of 85.

After the

Robert Koch Institute declared

the capital

Budapest

a risk area on Wednesday, the

Federal Foreign Office

not only

warns

against traveling to

Hungary

, but also advises

against

it: "Unnecessary, tourist trips to Hungary are due to re-introduced entry restrictions * and quarantine measures are currently not advised. ”The

EU country, which seemed to be able to fight

the

pandemic

well, recorded an enormous increase in the number of cases in August and responded with border closings, among other things.

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Nickelsdorf: A border official controls a driver at the Austro-Hungarian border.

The country of 10 million people closed its borders.

© Harald Schneider / dpa

Corona in Romania: all-clear and warning

In

Romania

, the

RKI has

given a little all-clear.

Due to the falling number of infections, the

Arges

and

Dambovita districts are

no longer considered a

risk area

.

However, the

Neamt

and

Caras Severin districts were added

.

The

Federal Foreign Office has also

warned against traveling to the districts of

Bacau, Bihor, Brăila, Brașov, Iaşi, Ilfov, Prahova, Vâlcea

and

Vaslui

as well as the capital

Bucharest 

.

Romania

has a 14-day incidence of 86.

Corona in Switzerland: Geneva, Vaud and Friborg - three cantons cause concern

In

Switzerland

(incidence of 62), the

corona situation has

recently

eased

somewhat.

However, three of the total of 26 cantons are causing concern.

Due to the increasing number of infections, the

Federal Foreign Office

warns

against traveling to the

cantons of Geneva, Waadt (Vaud)

and

Freiburg (Friborg).

The latter was added on Wednesday.

Corona in the Netherlands: Warning against traveling to Amsterdam and Rotterdam

In the

Netherlands

, the incidence recently rose to a precarious 80, which now has consequences.

The provinces of

North Holland (Noord-Holland)

and

South Holland (Zuid-Holland)

have been a

risk area

since Wednesday

.

Accordingly, the

Foreign Office

warns

against traveling to these regions, which should not be insignificant for tourists.

The holiday strongholds

Amsterdam

and

Rotterdam

are located in the respective provinces.

In addition, a

travel warning

continues to apply to

the Caribbean islands of

Aruba

and

Sint Maarten

, both of which

belong

to the Kingdom of the

Netherlands

.

Corona in the Czech Republic: Unusual situation in the country - new risk area next to Prague

When it comes to combating corona, the

Czech Republic

was considered one of the European model examples.

The government led by

Prime Minister Andrej Babis

was one of the first countries to introduce a

mask requirement

.

At the moment, however, the situation in

Germany's

neighboring country is

anything but relaxed.

A 14-day incidence of 129 means seventh place in a European comparison.

The

RKI

has now been revised accordingly

.

The

Středočeský

region

(Central Bohemian Region)

 has been designated a risk area.

In addition, warnings against traveling to the capital Prague are still issued.

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Recently the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (m) received the Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic (l) and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.

One of the topics in Vienna was cooperation in the fight against Covid-19.

© Herbert Pfarrhofer / APA / dpa

Corona: New classifications in neighboring German countries - the situation in Germany is still ok

All in all, the new ratings by the

Robert Koch Institute show

that

Corona

is not over yet and that the concern about the second wave * is quite real in many places.

The fact that

five neighboring countries,

France

,

Austria

, the

Czech Republic

, the

Netherlands

and

Switzerland

, have received new travel warnings

from

Germany

also shows that the situation in

Germany

must be closely monitored.

Currently, the Federal Republic is still doing well in a European comparison (incidence of 23) - but the

RKI

sees

a trend that needs to be “carefully observed”.

(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

The classifications as risk areas can change quickly due to a dynamic pandemic course.

If you are planning a trip abroad, we strongly recommend that you find out more in advance on the website of the Federal Foreign Office.

List of rubric lists: © Andreas Arnold / dpa

Source: merkur

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