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The ECDC first published a map of Europe on Thursday, in which regions are marked in green, orange or red depending on the infection status. Austria and Germany were initially grayed out there because no data was available on the number of corona tests performed.
Most of the EU states agreed to the traffic light card last Tuesday. On the one hand, EU citizens should be able to find out about Corona’s situation in Europe on the Internet, on the other hand, it should serve to coordinate travel restrictions. Austria abstained, among other things, for lack of differentiation. In fact, most of the EU countries are currently displayed in red on the traffic light map. Individual regions such as parts of Norway and Finland, Greece, southern Italy, and Germany are classified as “green”.
According to the recommendation of the EU Council, no more entry bans should be imposed on green areas with few infections. However, no common standards are provided for travelers from the most severely affected regions, that is, regions marked in orange or red. There are also no standardized criteria for quarantine and testing obligations. The recommendation is not binding either.
The base of the main map is the number of new cases reported per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days, the so-called 14-day incidence, plus the rate of positive tests and the number of tests performed per 100,000 inhabitants. The ECDC says it wants to update the charts every Thursday based on national data.
Green regions are areas where the 14-day incidence is less than 25 and the positive test rate is less than 4 percent. Oranges are regions where the incidence is less than 50, but the positive test rate is four percent or more. Regions in which the incidence is between 25 and 150 cases but the positive test rate below four percent are also colored orange. With a 14-day incidence of 50 or more and a positive rate of four percent or more, the regions are marked in red, or if the incidence is greater than 150. There are also gray regions with insufficient data.
