Germany adds France, Malta, the Netherlands & Slovakia to its list of High-Risk Areas & Sections of 11 Other Countries in COVID-19

The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs revised, on the advice of the Robert Koch Institute, its list of high-risk regions from 15 EU and Schengen Area Member States, including the whole of Malta, the Netherlands and continental France, to be added to its regions.

The RKI, the German federal government department and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, has recommended that the Federal MFA designate the following as high-risk areas and update the list on a weekly basis.

• The Ostrobothnia region in Finland
• All of continental France and the overseas territories of French Martinique
• Ireland's Mid-West, South-West, Mid-East West and Midlands areas
• The Campania and Liguria regions in Italy
• Grad (city) The counties of Zagreb and Me-imurska in Croatia
• The whole nation of Malta
• The whole land of the Netherlands
• Kujawsko-pomorskie, Małopolskie, Podlaski, Pomorskie and Świętokrzyskie districts of Poland
• The area of Norte in Portugal
• Sweden's provinces of Jämtland, Örebro, Stockholm and Uppsala
• Switzerland's cantons of Friborg, Jura, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Schwyz, Uri, Zurich and Zug
• The whole nation of Slovakia
• The Jugovzhodna Slovenija, Pomurska and Podravska regions in Slovenia
• Veszprém region/county in Hungary
• The UK parts of the East Midlands and West Midlands

According to the RKI, a joint review and decision by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs is the basis of the designation as a risk area.

'There may be a requirement to quarantine persons entering the Federal Republic of Germany who have been in a danger area at any time during the last 14 days prior to entry, in compliance with the respective quarantine regulations of the responsible federal states,' the RKI notes in a press release.

The Agency also points out that the evaluation is mainly focused on the number of infections and the type of outbreak, the capacity to be tested and the tests per inhabitant, as well as the steps taken in the States to determine the rate of infection in each area.

• Update on Germany's High-Risk Areas 7 October 7
• Update of 30 September for Germany on High Risk Areas