#Germany #Coronavirus #TRAVELWARNING
The federal government has declared all of Belgium, Iceland and individual regions in nine other European countries to be corona risk areas due to the increasing number of infections.
The Robert Koch Institute updated its risk list on Wednesday evening, which now includes areas of #GreatBritain for the first time, including #Wales and Northern Ireland. In #France, the Pays de la Loire and Burgundy (Bourgogne) regions were added.
This means that in Germany's largest neighboring country, only the Grand Est border region, which was once particularly badly affected by the pandemic, is excluded from classification as a risk area. In #Belgium, only the capital Brussels was recently listed as a risk area.
The expansion to the entire state now also affects the border regions with North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. For the first time, the federal government added areas in the two Baltic states of #Lithuania and #Estonia to the risk list.
Regions in #Ireland, #Croatia, $Slovenia, $Hungary and #Romania were also added. The Foreign Office published a travel warning for #Belgium, #Romania and #Lithuania on the Internet that evening, the other risk areas should follow that night.
The classification as a risk area and the subsequent travel warning are issued if the number of new corona infections exceeds the mark of 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days.
The travel warning is not a ban, but is intended to have a significant deterrent effect especially for tourists. However, it also has a positive side for consumers: it enables vacationers to cancel bookings for free.
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