Germany adds 39 countries to 'high risk' COVID-19 list

11 January, 2022

Germany's Robin Koch Institute (RKI), via its official website, announced (07-Jan-2022) the following have been declared 'high risk' COVID-19 areas, effective 09-Jan-2022:

  • Angola;
  • Argentina;
  • Australia;
  • Bahamas;
  • Bahrain;
  • Belize;
  • Bolivia;
  • Cabo Verde;
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo;
  • Cote d'Ivoire;
  • Estonia;
  • Fiji;
  • France: Including French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy;
  • Gabon;
  • Ghana;
  • Grenada;
  • Guinea;
  • Iceland;
  • Israel;
  • Jamaica;
  • Qatar;
  • Kenya;
  • Comoros;
  • Kuwait;
  • Luxembourg;
  • Mali;
  • Mauritania;
  • Netherlands: Including Aruba and Curacao;
  • Nigeria;
  • Panama;
  • Rwanda;
  • Zambia;
  • Sweden;
  • Sierra Leone;
  • South Sudan;
  • Togo;
  • Uganda;
  • Uruguay;
  • United Arab Emirates.

Travellers from these areas arriving in Germany must be fully vaccinated or recovered from coronavirus, otherwise they must undergo a 10 day quarantine, which can be reduced to five days in the result of a negative test result on the fifth day. Unvaccinated travellers from these areas are also required to provide a negative PCR test prior to departure. Ukraine has been removed from the high risk classification.