After the corona-related “compulsory break”, many wanted to go on vacation abroad quickly.
But the delta variant does not allow an end to the pandemic.
For many, vacation is now over ...
Update, June 28th:
It's exactly what you can't use on vacation: Panic!
And they now have some Portugal vacationers and are trying to leave the country very quickly for their German homeland.
Why the unrest?
The federal government has declared Portugal a virus variant area due to the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
What does this mean for vacationers?
Anyone entering Germany from Portugal after Tuesday must go into quarantine.
Fourteen days, no matter whether vaccinated, recovered or tested.
There is also no such thing as “rusting out of quarantine”.
"That's why as many vacationers as possible try to get back from the country by Monday evening, and the prices for tickets have risen accordingly," reported the
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
.
Vacation despite Corona: Where does the dangerous delta mutation spread?
Summer is here, the incidences in Baden-Württemberg * and throughout Germany are falling.
More and more relaxations * are coming into force and many are already hoping to see an end to the corona pandemic.
But one concern remains: As
reported by echo24.de
*, the Delta variant is spreading further * and some popular holiday countries are also affected.
Vacation despite Corona: Where the Delta variant spreads
The variant of the coronavirus was first detected in India as early as 2020. The
SWR
reports that the German Medical Association advises against traveling to areas where Delta is spreading. It seems almost bizarre that the variant is
already dominant
in
Great Britain
, but football matches are currently supposed to take place there in well-filled stadiums. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has classified the country as a variant area since May. The British government has approved 60,000 spectators for the European Championship games at Wembley Stadium.
The RKI has currently listed 14 countries as virus variant areas
.
Anyone who
comes
back to Germany
from
these countries must register with the RKI as a returnee.
A negative corona test must be presented and a 14-day quarantine is mandatory.
In this case it is also not possible to shorten the quarantine.
Vacation in times of the coronavirus: These states are currently considered virus variant areas
Botswana (virus variant area since February 7, 2021; high incidence area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since November 22, 2020)
Brazil (virus variant area since January 19, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Eswatini (virus variant area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
India (virus variant area since April 26, 2021; high incidence area on April 25, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Lesotho (virus variant area since January 31, 2021; already simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Malawi (virus variant area since February 7, 2021; high incidence area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Mozambique (virus variant area since February 7, 2021; high incidence area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Namibia (virus variant area since June 20, 2021; high incidence area since June 13, 2021; simple risk area since February 14, 2021)
Nepal (virus variant area since May 16, 2021; high incidence area since May 9, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Zambia (virus variant area since February 7, 2021; high incidence area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Zimbabwe (virus variant area since February 7, 2021; high incidence area since January 31, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
South Africa (virus variant area since January 13, 2021; simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
Uruguay (virus variant area since June 6, 2021; ready since March 21, 2021 high incidence area; already simple risk area since June 15, 2020)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the Isle of Man as well as all Channel Islands and all British overseas territories (virus variant area since May 23, 2021, already designated as a simple risk area since May 16, 2021)
Coronavirus: What about vacation destinations in Europe?
Portugal, Spain, Greece, ...?
Caution: Just because a country is not classified as a variant area by the RKI does not mean that the delta variant cannot be encountered there on holiday.
Portugal
is an example of this: "According to information from the Portuguese National Health Institute, the Delta variant now accounts for 60 percent of the new Corona cases in Lisbon.
The government had recently temporarily cordoned off the city.
The Foreign Office warns against traveling to the capital of Portugal and the Azores, ”writes the
SWR
.
+
Greece is no longer a risk area from June 20th.
The provisions for returnees are therefore being relaxed.
But some data is missing ...
© Socrates Baltagiannis / dpa
Due to the different number of tests in the various countries, it is difficult to make reliable statements about the spread of the delta variant across all countries.
In addition, positive samples have to be extensively examined in order to obtain information about which variant of the coronavirus is currently involved.
The numbers that exist have to be examined carefully.
The
SWR
continues: “According to the EU database TESSy and the science initiative GISAID, the proportion of the delta variant in
Austria was
25 percent in the first week of June.
However, only four samples were examined this week. ”The number is therefore not statistically meaningful.
Corona and vacation: where the delta variant is rampant
The figures from
Italy
are also of little informative value: the delta variant only accounts for 5.4 percent of infections, but fewer than 40 samples were sequenced.
And if
you want to go on vacation
to
Greece
, you can worry or not;
there are no figures at all.
Vacation despite coronavirus: Few cases of the Delta variant in these countries
Spain, France and Denmark at least have reliable data because a relatively large number of samples were analyzed here.
The Delta variant in
Spain
accounts for 11.4 percent of new infections
.
It is 8.4 percent in
France
.
A holiday in
Denmark
seems to be particularly safe
: there the variant share is 0.7 percent.
And how is
Germany
actually doing?
The variant is spreading and causing concern.
It accounts for 6.6 percent of new infections.
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