The Diplomat
German authorities yesterday removed Madrid, Catalonia, Aragon, Castile and Leon and Melilla from their list of COVID-19 risk areas, a move that will encourage German tourists to travel to these regions.
Other Spanish regions such as the Canary and Balearic Islands, Asturias, Castilla-La Mancha, Cantabria and Extremadura have already been removed from the “red” list.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German government agency in charge of controlling and monitoring the coronavirus in the country, yesterday updated the Foreign Ministry’s list of international risk areas, removing several countries and certain areas from others.
Thus, as of Sunday, in addition to the aforementioned Spanish regions, the German authorities will no longer consider Belgium; the southern region of Denmark; Estonia; all of mainland France and Martinique and Saint Barthélemy; Greece; Jordan; Lithuania; some provinces of the Netherlands; Norway; the Palestinian Territories; Switzerland; some provinces of Slovenia; and Saint Lucia to be at risk.
This means that people coming from any of these territories and travelling to Germany will not have to do a 10-day quarantine.
However, anyone entering Germany by plane, whether or not they come from an at-risk area, must present a negative COVID-19 diagnostic test, a certificate of vaccination or a certificate of recovery if they have been infected before take-off.
The German government regularly assesses the coronavirus pandemic situation abroad, distinguishing between “virus variant areas” where new variants are spreading, “high-incidence areas” with a seven-day incidence above 200, and “risk areas” with an incidence above 50.
