Berlin.
Germany today added the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon to the list of regions at risk due to the increase in infections by covid-19, revealed the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Portugal is on the German list for travelers returning from the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon.
In addition to the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, the ministry included in its ‘red list’ regions of countries such as France, Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, the AFP agency reports. .
This means that tourists returning from these territories are required to test covid-19 and remain in quarantine pending the result.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in information published on its website, advises against “non-essential tourist trips” to those regions, where the number of new infections exceeds the limit of 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in seven days.
German authorities have multiplied in recent weeks warnings about travel to European countries, due to this increase in cases.
Spain, a favorite destination for German tourists, is also on the list of countries to avoid.
Considered a model in the management of the covid-19 pandemic in Europe, Germany is also on alert due to the resurgence of new infections in recent weeks, which are being linked to the return of tourists.
The Bavarian region is being particularly affected and restrictions have already been announced in Munich, where wearing masks in part of the city center is mandatory on Thursday.
The Robert Koch Institute today reported 1,769 new cases in the last 24 hours and 13 more deaths, with a total of 9,409 fatalities in Germany since the start of the pandemic.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 971,677 deaths and more than 31.6 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
In Europe, the highest number of fatalities is registered in the United Kingdom (41,882 dead, more than 409 thousand cases), followed by Italy (35,758 dead, more than 302 thousand cases), France (31,338 dead, more than 458 thousand cases) and Spain (31,034 dead, more than 693 thousand cases).
In Portugal, 1,928 people died from 70,465 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health.
