Can you actually go on vacation anywhere? One can! You just have to expect to be quarantined after your vacation …
BECAUSE: Sweden and almost 40 other countries have been wholly or partly high-risk areas due to the high number of corona infections.
The Robert Koch Institute had announced the new classifications.
The result: Anyone who enters from such an 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.
In addition to Sweden, Luxembourg, Australia, Argentina, the United Arab Emirates with the winter holiday destination Dubai, Israel and Kenya are now on the risk list.
Overall, the number of high-risk areas increased to more than 100 countries in one fell swoop (see lists below).
This means that around every second country in the world is again a high-risk area.
Of the neighboring countries of Germany, only Austria is not a high-risk area.
The classification as a high-risk area is accompanied by a travel warning from the Federal Foreign Office for unnecessary 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. 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 long list of high risk areas
▶ ︎ Andorra: since December 19, 2021
▶ ︎ Angola: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Egypt: since January 24, 2021
▶ ︎ Argentina: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Ethiopia: since September 26, 2021
▶ ︎ Australia: January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Bahamas: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Bahrain: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Barbados: since September 19, 2021
▶ ︎ Belarus: since October 3, 2021
▶ ︎ Belgium: since November 21, 2021
▶ ︎ Belize: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Bolivia: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Botswana: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Burundi: since September 26, 2021
▶ ︎ Cabo Verde: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Côte d’Ivoire: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Denmark including the Faroe Islands and Greenland: since December 19, 2021
▶ ︎ Dominica: since August 22, 2021
▶ ︎ Estonia: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Eswatini: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Fiji: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Finland: since December 25, 2021
▶ ︎ France: since December 19, 2021 and the following overseas departments are considered high-risk areas: French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, St. Martin, St. Barthélemy
▶ ︎ Gabon: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Georgia: since July 25, 2021
▶ ︎ Ghana: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Grenada: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Greece: since November 21, 2021
▶ ︎ Guinea: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Haiti: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Ireland: since November 21, 2021
▶ ︎ Iceland: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Israel: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Italy: since January 1, 2022
▶ ︎ Jamaica: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Yemen: since October 10, 2021
▶ ︎ Jordan: since December 5, 2021
▶ ︎ Cameroon: since October 24, 2021
▶ ︎ Canada: since January 1, 2022
▶ ︎ Qatar: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Kenya: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Comoros: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Congo, Democratic Republic: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Congo, Republic: since October 24, 2021
▶ ︎ Korea (Democratic People’s Republic): since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Croatia: since October 24, 2021
▶ ︎ Kuwait: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Laos: since November 14, 2021
▶ ︎ Lesotho: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Lebanon: since December 19, 2021
▶ ︎ Libya: since July 18, 2021
▶ ︎ Liechtenstein: since December 5, 2021
▶ ︎ Luxembourg: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Lithuania: since October 3, 2021
▶ ︎ Malawi: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Mali: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Malta: since January 1, 2022
▶ ︎ Mauritania: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Mexico: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Monaco: since December 25, 2021
▶ ︎ Montenegro: since August 15, 2021
▶ ︎ Mozambique: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Namibia: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Netherlands: since November 21, 2021
… and the following overseas parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are considered high risk areas: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Eustatius, Saba.
▶ ︎ Nigeria: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Norway: since December 19, 2021
▶ ︎ Panama: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Papua New Guinea: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Poland: since December 5, 2021
▶ ︎ Portugal including the Azores and Madeira: since December 25, 2021
▶ ︎ Rwanda: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Russia: since July 7, 2021
▶ ︎ Zambia: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ San Marino: since January 1, 2022
▶ ︎ Sweden: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Switzerland: since December 5, 2021
▶ ︎ Seychelles: since February 14, 2021
▶ ︎ Sierra Leone: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Zimbabwe: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ Slovakia: since October 31, 2021
▶ ︎ Slovenia: since September 26, 2021
▶ ︎ Spain including the Balearic and Canary Islands: since December 25, 2021
▶ ︎ Sudan: since January 31, 2021
▶ ︎ South Africa: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ South Sudan: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Syrian Arab Republic: since January 31, 2021
▶ ︎ Tajikistan: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Tanzania: since March 14, 2021
▶ ︎ Togo: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Trinidad and Tobago: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Czech Republic: since November 14, 2021
▶ ︎ Turkey: since August 17, 2021
▶ ︎ Turkmenistan: since August 8, 2021
▶ ︎ Uganda: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Hungary: since November 14, 2021
▶ ︎ Uruguay: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic: since September 19, 2021
▶ ︎ United Arab Emirates: since January 9, 2022
▶ ︎ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland including the Isle of Man as well as all Channel Islands and all British overseas territories: since January 4, 2022
▶ ︎ United States of America: since December 25, 2021
▶ ︎ Vietnam: since August 15, 2021
▶ ︎ Cyprus: since December 25, 2021