Covid-19: EU places restrictions on non-essential travel from the United States

Published on : 08/30/2021 – 6:48 PM

The member countries of the European Union agreed on Monday to remove the United States and five other countries from the list of countries deemed “safe” from a health point of view. This decision implies increased controls for non-essential travel from these countries and to the European Union.

The European Union has decided to reimpose restrictions on non-essential travel to its territory from five countries, including the United States and Israel, as part of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a released statement. Monday.

Kosovo, Israel, Montenegro, Lebanon and North Macedonia were also removed from the list.

This list aims to unify health procedures in the EU but is not binding on member countries, which remain free to set their own procedures. Member States also retain the possibility of lifting these restrictions for this type of travel for fully vaccinated people, the statement added.

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With AFP and Reuters

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