COVID19 - Information on the designation of international risk areas

Kindly note that the German Government has updated the classification of risk areas listed below, which will come into effect on Sunday, 9 January 2022, at 0:00 a.m.  The classification of risk areas can change at short notice. All travelers are advised to check before departure whether the country they have stayed in within the last ten days before entering Germany has been classified as a risk area.

 

Changes made since the last amendment: 

 

1. New areas of variants of concern – areas at particularly high risk of infection due to the widespread occurrence of specific variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: 

 

There were no new areas of variants of concern since the last amendment (see current list below)

 

2. New high-risk areas – areas at exceptionally high risk of infection due to a particularly high incidence of spread of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2:

 

• Angola 

• Argentina 

• Australia 

• The Bahamas

•  Bahrain 

• Belize 

• The Plurinational State of Bolivia 

• Cabo Verde 

• Comoros 

• The Democratic Republic of the Congo 

• Estonia 

• Fiji 

• France - the overseas departments Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy 

• Gabon 

• Ghana 

• Grenada 

• Guinea 

• Iceland 

• Israel 

• Côte d'Ivoire 

• Jamaica 

• Kenya 

• Kuwait 

• Luxembourg 

• Mali 

• Mauritania 

• The Netherlands - the overseas parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Aruba and Curaçao 

• Nigeria 

• Panama 

• Qatar 

• Rwanda 

• Sierra Leone 

• South 

• Sudan 

• Sweden 

• Togo 

• Uganda 

• Uruguay 

• The United Arab Emirates

•  Zambia

 

3. Regions no longer considered high-risk areas: 

 

• Ukraine

 

1. The following states/regions are currently considered to be areas of variants of concern

 

• No states/regions are currently considered to be areas of variants of concern.

 

2. The following states are currently considered to be high-risk areas:

 

• Andorra (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)

• Angola (high-risk area since 9 January 2022)

• Argentina (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Australia (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Bahamas (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Bahrain (high-risk area since 9 January 2022)

• Barbados (high-risk area since 19 September 2021) 

• Belarus (high-risk area since 1 October 2021) 

• Belgium (high-risk area since 21 November 2021) 

• Belize (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Bolivia, Plurinational State of (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Botswana (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Burundi (high-risk area since 26 September 2021) 

• Cabo Verde (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Cameroon (high-risk area since 24 October 2021) 

• Canada (high-risk area since 1 January 2022) 

• Comoros (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Congo, Republic of the (high-risk area since 24 October 2021) 

• Côte d'Ivoire (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Croatia (high-risk area since 24 October 2021) 

• Cyprus (high-risk area since 25 December 2021) 

• Czech Republic (high-risk area since 14 November 2021) 

• Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)  

• Dominica (high-risk area since 22 August 2021) 

• Egypt (high-risk area since 24 January 2021) 

• Estonia (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Eswatini (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Ethiopia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021) 

• Fiji (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Finland (high-risk area since 25 December 2021) 

• France (high-risk area since 19 December 2021) and the following french overseas departments: 

  • Guadeloupe (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Guiana (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Martinique (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Mayotte (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Réunion (high-risk area since 19 December 2021) 

  • Saint Barthélemy (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Saint Martin (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Gabon (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Georgia (high-risk area since 25 July 2021) 

• Ghana (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Greece (high-risk area since 21 November 2021) 

• Grenada (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Guinea (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Haiti (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Hungary (high-risk area since 14 November 2021) 

• Iceland (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Ireland (high-risk area since 21 November 2021) 

• Israel (high-risk area since 9 January 2022)

•  Italy (high-risk area since 1 January 2022) 

• Jamaica (high-risk area since 9 January 2022)  

• Jordan (high-risk area since 5 December 2021) 

• Kenya (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Korea (Democratic People's Republic) (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Kuwait (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• The Lao People's Democratic Republic (high-risk area since 14 November 2021) 

• Lebanon (high-risk area since 19 December 2021) 

• Lesotho (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Libya (high-risk area since 18 July 2021)

•  Liechtenstein (high-risk area since 5 December 2021) 

• Lithuania (high-risk area since 1 October 2021) 

• Luxembourg (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Malawi (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Mali (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Malta (high-risk area since 1 January 2022) 

• Mauritania (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Mexico (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Monaco (high-risk area since 25 December 2021) 

• Montenegro (high-risk area since 15 August 2021) 

• Mozambique (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Namibia (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• Netherlands (high-risk area since 21 November 2021) and the following overseas parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: 

  • Aruba (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Bonaire (high-risk area since 27 July 2021) 

  • Curaçao (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

  • Sint Eustatius (high-risk area since 27 July 2021) 

  • Saba (high-risk area since 27 July 2021) 

• Nigeria (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Norway (high-risk area since 19 December 2021) 

• Panama (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Papua New Guinea (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)

•  Poland (high-risk area since 5 December 2021) 

• Portugal incl. the Azores and Madeira (high-risk area since 25 December 2021)

• Qatar (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Russian Federation (high-risk area since 7 July 2021) 

• Rwanda (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• San Marino (high-risk area since 1 January 2022) 

• Seychelles (high-risk area since 14 February 2021) 

• Sierra Leone (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Slovakia (high-risk area since 31 October 2021) 

• Slovenia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021) 

• South Africa (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• South Sudan (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Spain incl. the Balearic and Canary Islands (high-risk area since 25 December 2021) 

• Sudan (high-risk area since 31 January 2021) 

• Sweden (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Switzerland (high-risk area since 5 December 2021) 

• Syrian Arab Republic (high-risk area since 31 January 2021) 

• Tajikistan (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Tanzania (high-risk area since 14 March 2021) 

• Togo (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Trinidad and Tobago (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Turkey (high-risk area since 17 August 2021) 

• Turkmenistan (high-risk area since 8 August 2021) 

• Uganda (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• United Arab Emirates (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands (high-risk area since 4 January 2022) 

• United States of America (high-risk area since 25 December 2021) 

• Uruguay (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Venezuela, the Bolivarian Republic of (high-risk area since 19 September 2021) 

• Vietnam (high-risk area since 15 August 2021) 

• Yemen (high-risk area since 10 October 2021) 

• Zambia (high-risk area since 9 January 2022) 

• Zimbabwe (high-risk area since 4 January 2022)