The German government released an updated country list which will be in force as of December 20th, 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:
• Botswana (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• Eswatini (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• Lesotho (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• Malawi (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• Mozambique (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• Namibia (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• South Africa (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland incl. all British Overseas Territories, Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands (area of variants of concern since 20 December 2021; high-risk area until 19 December 2021)
• Zimbabwe (area of variants of concern since 28 November 2021)
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:
• Andorra (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)
• Austria - with the exception of the municipality of Mittelberg and Jungholz and Rißtal in the municipal area of Vomp and Eben am Achensee (high-risk area since 14 November 2021) • 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 19 September 2021)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (high-risk area since 12 September 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)
• Croatia (high-risk area since 24 October 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)
• Ethiopia (high-risk area since 26 September 2021)
• Georgia (high-risk area since 25 July 2021)
• Greece (high-risk area since 21 November 2021)
• France, including the overseas department Réunion (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)
• Haiti (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Hungary (high-risk area since 14 November 2021)
• Ireland (high-risk area since 21 November 2021)
• Jordan (high-risk area since 5 December 2021)
• Korea (Democratic People's Republic) (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• The Lao People's Democratic Republic (high-risk area since 14 November 2021)
• Lebanon (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)
• Libya (high-risk area since 18 July 2021)
• Liechtenstein (high-risk area since 5 December 2021)
• Lithuania (high-risk area since 1 October 2021)
• Malaysia (high-risk area since 13 June 2021)
• Mauritius (high-risk area since 5 December 2021)
• Mexico (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Montenegro (high-risk area since 15 August 2021)
• Netherlands (high-risk area since 21 November 2021) and the following overseas parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands are classified as high-risk areas:
o Bonaire (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Sint Eustatius (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
o Saba (high-risk area since 27 July 2021)
• Norway (high-risk area since 19 December 2021)
• Papua New Guinea (high-risk area since 8 August 2021)
• Poland (high-risk area since 5 December 2021)
• Russian Federation (high-risk area since 7 July 2021)
• Serbia (high-risk area since 5 September 2021)
• Seychelles (high-risk area since 14 February 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)