In the evening, the German Robert Koch Institute included the entire Czech Republic among the epidemiologically risky areas. He also included Luxembourg and Tyrol.
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“The Czechia: now the whole country is (without exception) a risky area,” the RKI said. Shortly afterwards, the German Foreign Ministry published a warning on its website about trips to the Czech Republic. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the section dedicated to the Czech Republic.
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Already on Wednesday, Germany expanded the list of risk areas. It added other Czech regions to the “black list” of Prague and the Central Bohemian Region, with the exception of the Ústí nad Labem and Moravian-Silesian regions.
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“Unfortunately, it didn’t take long,” the foreign minister commented on the end of the exception.
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️‼ ️ Unfortunately, it didn’t take long. Germany has just decided to remove the remaining two Czech regions (Ústí nad Labem and Moravia-Silesia) from the list of safe areas. He already considers the whole of the Czech Republic to be risky, with immediate effect.
– Tomas Petricek (@TPetricek) September 25, 2020
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For inclusion in the German list of high-risk countries, the main condition is to exceed the limit of 50 infected per 100,000 inhabitants in the last seven days. The second criterion is the current epidemic situation in the country. For example, if the number of cases rises sharply but the overall seven-day balance sheet has not yet reached this limit, Germany can still assess the country as risky.
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In the Ústí nad Labem Region, there is a problem in the Ústí nad Labem district, where there are 160 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants per week. He also crossed the border of 50 infected people in the Teplice, Litoměřice, Chomutov and Děčín districts. Below the border is the district of Most and just Louny. in the Moravian-Silesian Region, only the districts of Karviná and Nový Jičín are below 50 cases per week.
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For journeys from high-risk areas to Germany, a negative coronavirus test or mandatory quarantine with a subsequent test in Germany is now required. From October, quarantine will be required on a general basis, it will not be possible to end it after five days with a negative analysis. For the time being, truck drivers or commuters have exceptions if they do not have symptoms of covid-19.
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