The number of infections is not only increasing in Germany, but also among its neighbors and other European countries.
That is why the RKI has now declared new risk areas.
Berlin - Due to the sharp increase in the number of infections, Belgium and a large part of the Netherlands have been high-risk corona areas since Sunday.
Greece and Ireland, which are popular with holidaymakers, also fall into this category according to a classification by the federal government.
In the case of the Netherlands, the overseas territories of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten are excluded.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced the regulation on Friday.
Anyone who enters from a high-risk area and is not fully vaccinated or recovered has to be in quarantine for ten days and can only get rid of it with a negative test five days after arrival at the earliest.
The following were removed from the list of high-risk areas on Sunday: French Guiana, New Caledonia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guiana and Suriname.
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For a short time in the summer there were no longer any corona high-risk areas in the EU.
In the meantime, new ones are being added almost every week, including two neighboring countries in Germany on Sunday.
Almost all of Austria and the Czech Republic are high-risk areas
Cuba and Jamaica are no longer corona high-risk areas
The corona situation has eased somewhat in Cuba and Jamaica.
The RKI therefore no longer lists the Caribbean states as high-risk areas.
Which countries were also removed from the list:
Cuba and Jamaica are no longer corona high-risk areas
These countries classify Germany as a corona risk area
The corona situation is not only worsening abroad - the number of cases is also increasing in Germany.
Now the Federal Republic is considered a risk area in some countries.
These countries classify Germany as a corona risk area
In the meantime, there were no corona high-risk areas in the European Union in late summer.
Countries and regions with a particularly high risk of infection are classified as high-risk areas.
But it is not just the infection numbers that are decisive.
Other criteria are the speed at which the virus is spreading, the burden on the health system or a lack of data on the corona situation.
The classification as a high-risk area is automatically accompanied by a travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office.
It makes it easier for tourists to cancel trips that have already been booked free of charge, but does not mean a travel ban.
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