Luxembourg, Sweden and Israel are becoming corona high-risk areas
The federal government classifies the neighboring country Luxembourg as well almost 40 other countries due to the high number of corona infections from Sunday in whole or in part as high risk areas one. The Robert Koch Institute announced on Friday. Anyone from such an area arrives and is not fully vaccinated or has recovered must be quarantined for ten days and can get rid of it no earlier than five days after entry with a negative test.
Next Luxembourg will be on Sunday among other things Sweden, Australia, Argentina, Israel, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates with the winter holiday destination Dubai put on the risk list. All in all the number of high-risk areas increases worldwide more than 100 countries. That means about every second country worldwide is again a high risk area. Ukraine is the only country to be removed from the list. Of the neighboring countries of Germany, only Austria will not be a high-risk area as of Sunday.
Associated with the classification as a high risk area is a Travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office for unnecessary tourist trips. It makes it easier for tourists Free cancellation of trips that have already been booked, but does not mean a travel ban. Countries and regions with a particularly high risk of infection classified. However, it is not only the infection numbers that are decisive for this. 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.
Angola, Bahrain, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Fiji, Island, Jamaica, Qatar, Kuwait, Panama, Uruguay, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, the Comoros archipelago, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo and Uganda. (dpa)
