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In view of the changed global corona situation, the federal government has adjusted its assessment of numerous countries as high-risk areas.
This also applies to Austria.
The country is now again designated as an area “with a particularly high risk of infection due to particularly high incidences”.
The Robert Koch Institute announced that the municipalities of Mittelberg and Jungholz as well as the Rißtal in the municipality of Vomp and Eben am Achensee are exceptions to this.
The new classification will apply from 00:00 on Sunday 16 January.
All nine neighboring countries are high-risk areas
This means that all nine of Germany's neighboring countries will be on the risk list.
Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands have long been classified as high-risk areas due to the high number of cases.
In addition to Austria, more than 30 other countries will also be on the list from Sunday, many of them in Africa and the Caribbean.
For the second time in a week, the number of high-risk areas has increased by more than 30 countries worldwide.
In total, almost 140 of the approximately 200 countries in the world will be on the risk list.
No country is removed from the list.
Those who have not been vaccinated or have recovered must be quarantined for at least five days
Anyone entering the country from a high-risk area and not fully vaccinated or recovered must be in quarantine for ten days and can only get out of it five days after entry with a negative test at the earliest.
The classification as a high-risk area is linked to a travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office for non-essential tourist trips.
It makes it easier for tourists to cancel trips that have already been booked free of charge, but does not mean a travel ban.
Countries and regions with a particularly high risk of infection are classified as high-risk areas.
However, it is not only the number of infections that is decisive for this.
Other criteria are the speed at which the virus is spreading, the burden on the healthcare system and the lack of data on the corona situation.
French and Dutch overseas territories added
In France, which has already been considered a high-risk area, the overseas department of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon is added to the list of high-risk areas - as is the Dutch overseas department of Sint Maarten.
Bulgaria, Latvia, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Liberia, Senegal and Niger, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Madagascar, Somalia, Colombia, Peru, Guyana, Suriname, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Benin, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Philippines and Chad.
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