Most of the infected travelers return from these countries

Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder has pushed for a general test for travelers returning from abroad from August 1st. And SPD politicians were also open to the idea of ​​testing not only air travelers but also those traveling by car and train. There is great fear that holidaymakers will bring the virus home with them – possibly even in a new variant.

The corresponding weekly report from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) shows how large the proportion of people returning from the journey was in the recent infection. Accordingly, the secured proportion of those returning from abroad among the total number of infected people has continued to grow in recent weeks. This shows “an increasing role of travel-related cases in the current infection rate,” says the RKI.

Most frequent countries among infected return travelers

The ten most frequently named countries of infection in the period from June 28, 2021 to July 18, 2021 were:

The overview shows: Most of the infected return travelers recorded came from Spain, followed by Russia. The majority of the countries in the table are classically popular holiday destinations, 65 infected people were added to “Southern Europe”, a little more vaguely.

Background: In the reporting weeks 25 to 28 (June 8, 2021 to July 18, 2021), 23,649 cases were transmitted to the RKI, of which, according to the report, 9,949 cases (42 percent) were not given any information on the likely country of infection. A probable infection abroad was reported in 2,402 people (around ten percent of all reported cases) – with an upward trend recently.