The German government released an updated country list which will be in force as of October 31st, 2021.
1. New virus variant - areas at particularly high risk of infection due to the widespread occurrence of specific variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus:
No new virus variant areas have been added since the last changes.
2. Currently high-risk areas - areas with a particularly high risk of infection due to particularly high incidences for the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus:
• Albania (high-risk area since 5 September 2021)
• Antigua and Barbuda (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Armenia (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Barbados (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Belarus (high-risk area since 1 October 2021)
• Belize (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (high-risk area since 12 September 2021)
• Brunei Darussalam (high-risk area since 10 October 2021)
• Bulgaria (high-risk area since 24 October 2021)
• Burundi (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• Cameroon (high-risk area since 24 October 2021)
• Congo, Republic of the (high-risk area since 24 October 2021)
• Costa Rica (high-risk area since 9 May 2021)
• Croatia (high-risk area since 24 October 2021)
• Cuba (high-risk area since 18 July 2021)
• Dominica (high-risk area since 22 August 2021)
• Egypt (high-risk area since 24 January 2021)
• El Salvador (high-risk area since 1 October 2021)
• Estonia (high-risk area since 10 October 2021)
• Ethiopia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• France – the following regions and overseas departments are classified as high-risk areas:
o French Guiana (high-risk area since 15 August 2021)
o New Caledonia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• Gabon (high-risk area since 17 October 2021)
• Georgia (high-risk area since 25 July 2021)
• Grenada (high-risk area since 12 September 2021)
• Guatemala (high-risk area since 5 September 2021)
• Guyana (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Haiti (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Iran (high-risk area since 24 January 2021)
• Ireland – the following regions are classified as high-risk areas:
o Border (high-risk area since 22 August 2021)
• Jamaica (high-risk area since 29 August 2021)
• Korea (Democratic People's Republic) (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Latvia (high-risk area since 10 October 2021)
• Libya (high-risk area since 18 July 2021)
• Lithuania (high-risk area since 1 October 2021)
• Malaysia (high-risk area since 13 June 2021)
• Mexico (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Moldova, Republic of (high-risk area since 19 September 2021)
• Mongolia (high-risk area since 13 June 2021)
• Montenegro (high-risk area since 15 August 2021)
• Myanmar (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Netherlands – the following overseas parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are classified as high-risk areas:
o Aruba (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Curaçao (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Bonaire (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Sint Eustatius (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Sint Maarten (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Saba (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
• Nicaragua (high-risk area since 12 September 2021)
• North Macedonia (high-risk area since 22 August 2021)
• Papua New Guinea (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Philippines (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Romania (high-risk area since 1 October 2021)
• Russian Federation (high-risk area since 7 July 2021)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (high-risk area since 29 August 2021)
• Saint Lucia (high-risk area since 29 August 2021)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• Sao Tome and Principe (high-risk area since 17 October 2021)
• Serbia (high-risk area since 5 September 2021)
• Seychelles (high-risk area since 14 February 2021)
• Singapore (high-risk area since 24 October 2021)
• Slovakia (high-risk area since 31 October 2021)
• Slovenia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• Sudan (high-risk area since 31 January 2021)
• Surinam (high-risk area since 23 May 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)
• Thailand (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• 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)
• Ukraine (high-risk area since 10 October 2021)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands (high-risk area since 7 July 2021)
• United States of America (high-risk area since 15 August 2021)
• Uzbekistan (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• 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)