Corona travel warning: Federal government adds another EU country to the alarm list

For another neighboring country, the Federal Foreign Office is now warning completely against travel.

The reason is the corona infection numbers.

• A travel warning from the Foreign Office now also applies to Belgium.

• The reason is the infection process in the corona pandemic.

• The notice applies to the entire country.

Berlin - The federal government has

a

for all of

due to the rising number of

infections

.

This emerges from the travel advice from the

that was

updated on Wednesday evening (September 30)

.

In Belgium, only the capital

was recently listed

as a

area.

The expansion to the entire state now also affects the border regions with

and

.

Travel warning for Belgium - only one of Germany's neighbors is not on the risk list yet

A travel warning is issued if the number of new corona infections

* exceeds

the mark of 50 cases per

within seven days *.

It is not a

, but is said to have a significant deterrent effect especially for tourists.

However, it also has a positive side for consumers: it enables vacationers

to cancel

bookings for

.

It was expected that the

list of

by the

updated

that evening

.

So far,

of

at least partially corona risk areas, Belgium, Spain, the

and Luxembourg are even completely.

More on the subject in the video: RKI massively expands travel warnings for vacation regions

Poland

is the only one of

Germany's

that is not yet on the risk list.

But the number of infections is also increasing there.

The criteria for classification as a risk area and a travel warning are

for the countries of the EU

.

In both cases, the number of new infections is used as a benchmark.

Corona pandemic: Flat rate travel warning for countries outside the EU will be lifted

The

for a good 160 countries outside the EU and the Schengen area will be

lifted

in Germany

.

De facto, however, little is likely to change for travelers, as the blanket warning is being replaced by

risk assessments

for the individual countries.

According to the Federal Foreign Office, a

continue to

for almost all countries

even after the change of month

.

(dpa / frs)