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Berlin (dpa) - Due to the increasing number of corona infections, the federal government has classified all of Greece as a corona risk area for the first time from Sunday.
For parts of Croatia - including the Istria peninsula, which is very popular with holidaymakers - all entry restrictions due to the pandemic will be lifted at the same time, as the Robert Koch Institute announced on the Internet on Friday.
Because of the particularly high numbers of infections, Hungary, Sweden and Jordan are classified as high-risk areas.
So far, Greece has been one of the few countries that have never been fully classified as a corona risk area.
Most recently, the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, Crete and the Ionian Islands off the west coast of Greece - including the popular island of Corfu - were excluded.
From Sunday, returnees from these regions must also be tested for Corona within 48 hours of entering Germany.
They also have to be in quarantine for ten days, from which they can only get rid of another negative test after five days.
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In Greece, the infection situation had recently worsened.
Although metropolitan areas such as Athens and Thessaloniki have long been in lockdown, the number of new infections initially continued to rise.
On Thursday, however, the Greek health authority reported slightly falling numbers for the first time.
For Greece, it is important to keep Corona within limits, not least because of the main industry of tourism.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been fighting for weeks for an EU-wide vaccination certificate to save the coming holiday season.
He emphasizes that tourists who have not been vaccinated are also welcome.
In Greece, however, there is currently a test and quarantine requirement upon entry.
As a rule, the federal government identifies those states as risk areas in which the number of new infections exceeds 50 per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days (incidence).
As of Sunday, four regions of Croatia will no longer be part of it, and the Federal Foreign Office's travel warning will be lifted for them.
This makes Istria the only holiday region in southern Europe where holidays without quarantine are possible after arrival or on return.
However, a negative corona test must be presented when entering Croatia.
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Countries with an incidence of over 200 are considered high-risk areas. If you come to Germany from these regions, you have to show a negative test upon entry.
The US will be downgraded from high risk to risk area on Sunday.
For travelers from Germany who are not US citizens, this is of little importance, as the USA has an entry ban.
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RKI on the corona risk areas