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Budapest was the first to be added to the list, on September 16. On September 23, Győr-Moson-Sopron County was classified as at risk. The counties of Csongrád-Csanád, Vas and Pest were added to the list on September 30, and Baranya, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád and Szabolcs-Szatmárcs added to the list on October 7. county. On October 17 in Veszprém, With the new update, the list was expanded with Heves, Somogy and Zala counties. Changes announced Thursday will take effect on Saturday.
Weeks ago we pointed out that the Germans could add more and more countries to the so-called list of risks:
A risk rating means that those arriving in Germany from that area must be quarantined for 14 days, and notify the local health office. In the case of a negative coronavirus test on arrival, the health office may order the quarantine to be lifted. According to a new rule that is expected to take effect in early November, a test cannot be taken before the fifth day.
Several additional regions have been added to the RKI list, including but not limited to four Croatian counties and the voivodships of the capital, Zagreb and Poland, which have so far not been deemed risky.
The risk classification is jointly decided by the RKI, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. The first phase of the pre-decision analysis examines where there are regions (larger administrative units or entire countries) in which exceeded fifty SARS-Cov-2 infections per 100,000 inhabitants registered in the last seven days, or areas where the number of infected still does not exceed the limit, but other conditions indicate an increased risk of infection.
In the second stage of consideration prior to the decision Local efforts to suppress the epidemic are discussed, including testing capacity and the number of coronavirus tests performed. As we have been drawing attention for weeks to the fact that Hungary performs very few tests, the number of tests carried out is around 10,000 per day and thus the proportion of positive tests has risen to around 15%, too high, so this aspect must have influenced the Germans added more and more Hungarian counties to the list considered risky.
The risk classification also involves the issuance of a travel advisory by the Foreign Ministry, in which it strongly discourages German citizens from visiting the region if it is not absolutely necessary.
Cover image source: MTI / Zsolt Szigetváry
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