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Berlin (dpa) - The federal government classifies Great Britain as a corona risk area again from Sunday, despite the low number of infections.
The reason is the "at least limited occurrence" of the virus variant first identified in India, as the Robert Koch Institute announced on the Internet.
The variant B.1.617.2 has contributed to dramatic numbers of infections in India.
The neighboring countries Sri Lanka and Nepal will also be upgraded by the federal government on Sunday: Sri Lanka as a risk area and Nepal as a virus variant area, the highest risk level, for which extensive travel restrictions apply.
But there are also nine countries and regions that will be downgraded on the Corona risk scale on Sunday - from high incidence to risk area: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Estonia, Ukraine, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Autonomous Territories.
Those who enter from there no longer have to be in quarantine, but can instead show a negative test upon entry.
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With the Canary Islands, another popular holiday destination for Germans will also be completely removed from the list of corona risk areas.
However, this no longer has any practical effects for tourists, as the quarantine obligation for holidaymakers returning from there already fell on Thursday with the entry into force of a new entry regulation.
The test obligation on the return flight to Germany continues to apply.
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