The German government released an updated country list, which will come into force on October 10th, 2021.

 

1. New virus variant 

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) 

  • Algeria (high-risk area since 8 August 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) 

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

  • Costa Rica (high-risk area since 9 May 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) 

  • Fiji (high-risk area since 11 July 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) 

  • 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) 

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

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

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

  • Ireland – the following regions are classified as high-risk areas: o Border (high-risk area since 22 August 2021) • Israel (high-risk area since 15 August 2021) including the Palestinian territories (high-risk area since 5 September 2021) 

  • Jamaica (high-risk area since 29 August 2021) 

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

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

  • Kosovo (high-risk area since 22 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) 

  • Morocco (high-risk area since 8 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) 

  • 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) 

  • Romania (high-risk area since 1 October 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) 

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

  • Sri Lanka (high-risk area since 5 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)

  • Tunisia (high-risk area since 25 April 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)