Koch Institute: News & Hintergründe

One of the 62 remaining high-risk areas until March 3: Denmark and its capital Copenhagen.

Good news for Germans travelling abroad: As of 3 March 2022, the official list of Corona high-risk areas compiled by the Robert Koch Institute, will shrink to zero. This means that everyone will be able to enter Germany without quarantine. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Easier travelling from London to Germany: The UK is no longer classified as a virus variant area.

FVW Medien/HMJ

Good news for travellers

No more countries classified as virus variant areas

Due to the rapid spread of the corona Omicron mutant, the Robert Koch Institute had classified as many as nine states as so-called virus variant areas in November and December 2021. These are now "only" high-risk areas. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

FVW Medien/HMJ

German government

Italy, Malta and Canada classified as high-risk areas

Since Christmas, Spain and Portugal have already been Corona high-risk areas. Now two more popular holiday destinations will follow. For a number of other countries, however, the German government is planning to ease entry restrictions. ...more

by Holger Jacobs And dpa –

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Travel warning for Germans: Austria – the image shows the town of Villach in Carinthia – is now classified as a high-risk area.

FVW Medien/HMJ

New high-risk areas

Germany issues travel warning for four countries

For a short time, there were no more EU countries declared as Corona high-risk areas by the German government this summer. In the meantime, new ones are being added almost every week. Now two of Germany's neighbouring countries will also be included. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Benefits from the latest decision of the German health authorities: the Caribbean island of St Lucia.

FVW Medien/HMJ

No new high-risk areas

All-clear for Myanmar and several Caribbean islands

Good news for the German tourism industry: In its weekly update, the German federal government has not classified any destinations as new high-risk areas. On the contrary: Several islands were taken off the high-risk list. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Monday, November 08, 2021

No more high-risk area: Travelling to Israel – the picture shows Sheinkin Street in Tel Aviv – has become easier.

FVW Medien/HMJ

Latest travel warnings

Slovakia new high-risk area, all-clear for Israel

The travel warnings issued by the German Foreign Office this week have never been so minimal: Only Slovakia has been reclassified as a high-risk area, and Israel has been given the all-clear. Austria was spared despite high infection rates. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Tuesday, November 02, 2021

The new opera house is the landmark of the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Visit Oslo

New travel advice

Norway free again, warning for Baltic States

With Estonia and Latvia, the remaining Baltic countries are now also classified as high-risk areas – Lithuania has been since last week. However, the RKI also gives several all-clear warnings. ...more

by Oliver Graue –

Monday, October 11, 2021

Good news for Six-Fours-les-Plages and other holiday destinations at the Côte d’Azur: The regioon in Southern France has been removed from the German high-risk list.

FVW Medien/HMJ

New list of high-risk areas

Germany "upgrades" Côte d'Azur, Japan and Senegal

All-clear for the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Japan and Senegal, bad news for Slovenia: Unlike in previous weeks, there are no spectacular reassessments from the travel industry's point of view. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Friday, September 24, 2021

Right direction for holidaymakers: All of Spain – including Canary Islands such as Gran Canaria – was removed from Germany's list of high-risk areas.

FVW Medien/HMJ

Good news for travel trade

Germany removes Spain from its list of high-risk areas

All-clear signal for Spain, Lisbon and Chile, bad news for three Caribbean islands: The updated list of high-risk areas compiled by the German public health institute is met with mixed reactions in the tourism sector. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Monday, August 30, 2021

Setback: Crete is among the Greek islands who are affected by the classification as a high-risk area.

Thinkstock

All-clear for Canary Islands

Greek holiday islands now classified as high-risk areas

The Robert Koch Institute has declared Crete and other holiday islands in the South Aegean region as high-risk areas – a setback for inbound tourism to Greece. But in its updated list of risk regions the German health body also has some good news in store for the travel trade. ...more

by Holger Jacobs –

Monday, August 23, 2021

Koch Institute

Artikel zum Thema

No more quarantine

Germany removes all areas from its high-risk list

Good news for travellers

No more countries classified as virus variant areas

German government

Italy, Malta and Canada classified as high-risk areas

New high-risk areas

Germany issues travel warning for four countries

No new high-risk areas

All-clear for Myanmar and several Caribbean islands

Latest travel warnings

Slovakia new high-risk area, all-clear for Israel

New travel advice

Norway free again, warning for Baltic States

New list of high-risk areas

Germany "upgrades" Côte d'Azur, Japan and Senegal

Good news for travel trade

Germany removes Spain from its list of high-risk areas

All-clear for Canary Islands

Greek holiday islands now classified as high-risk areas

Bildergalerien

Verwandte Themen