Belgium relaxes travel advice: Good news for a whole host of popular destinations | for travel

Our list of government color codes is updated every Friday and is valid as of Saturday. It is based on data and criteria sent every Thursday by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The latest update came from ECDC yesterday.

in a France Progress is clearly noticeable. Only Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Corsica are still red. Most of the other areas are orange. in a Greece Attica, central Greece and the northern Aegean islands are no longer red but orange.

in a Italy Piedmont and Lombardy are no longer orange but green and inside Spain Much fewer areas turn red. Luxembourg employment Monaco No longer red but orange. Holland employment Norway Colors are even half less than red

There is mixed news for that Denmark. The capital, Copenhagen, turns from red to orange, and the south of the country and central Jutland turns from orange to green. But Greenland is turning red.

The same applies to Austria: Tyrol goes from red to orange, Carinthia and Styria make a reverse motion from orange to red.

Things are less good in Eastern Europe. Hungary It turns a little more orange. Not only Budapest, but also Pest and the north of the country now have this color. The same applies to Slovakia: The east of the country turns red, the west turns orange. in a Czech Republic in orange on the map for the first time in a long time, including in the Prague metropolitan area.

In countries or regions where there is a file red color icon You are at high risk for contamination, orange indicates moderate risk while green indicates low risk. This has an impact on what you should do if you travel to a certain area and then return to Belgium (Passenger Locator Form).

Anyone who returns from the EU red zone and does not have a vaccination or recovery certificate must be tested. This is possible in the country of residence and after that the PCR test may be a maximum of 72 hours upon return to Belgium. If you return without a test result, you can also take the test yourself in Belgium on the first or second day after you return home from your trip. Is your test negative? Then you can get out of quarantine. Children under 12 years old do not need to be tested.

The vaccination certificate proves that you have received the full vaccination for at least two weeks. Recovery Certificate showing that you have recovered from Covid-19. You have had a positive PCR test that is less than 180 days old and the quarantine has ended.

from U.S green or orange area It does not have to be tested and does not need to be isolated.

The full list of green, orange and red zones can be found at info-coronavirus.be.