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EU to restrict most US residents from visiting
amid pandemic, reports say
Officials draw up ‘safe list’ of countries whose
residents can visit, with Russia and Brazil also excluded
Sam Levin
@SamTLevin
Published
onSat 27 Jun 2020 01.05 BST
The
European Union is set to restrict most US residents from visiting the region
when travel restarts due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to
multiple reports.
EU
officials are in the process of settling on a final “safe list” of countries
whose residents could travel to the bloc in July, but the US, Brazil and Russia
are set to be excluded, Reuters reported. With coronavirus continuing to spread
in the US at alarming rates, the possibility of allowing American tourists into
the EU is not even part of the ongoing discussion, six diplomats familiar with
the talks told the Washington Post.
The list of
allowed countries includes China, but on the condition that China allows EU
travelers to visit, the New York Times reported.
Various
travel restrictions remain around the globe. Greece, for example, requires
Covid-19 tests for arrivals from a number of EU countries, including France,
Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. Self-isolation is also mandatory until
results come in. The Czech Republic has said it will not allow in tourists from
Portugal, Sweden and part of Poland.
Ambassadors
from the 27 EU members convened beginning on Friday afternoon to establish
criteria for granting quarantine-free access from next Wednesday.
A redrawn
text of 10-20 countries was put to them, but many said they needed to consult
first with their governments, diplomats told Reuters. The list did not include
the United States, Brazil or Russia, one diplomat told the news agency. The
countries are expected to give informal replies by Saturday evening.
The news
comes as the US hit an all-time high for new confirmed Covid-19 cases this
week, recording 40,000 on Thursday, according to figures released by Johns
Hopkins on Friday. New cases on are on the rise in a majority of states,
prompting some governors to backtrack or pause their reopening.
On Friday,
the US vice-president, Mike Pence, said the country had made “truly remarkable
progress” against the virus, despite the record figures. So far there have been
126,000 deaths from coronavirus in the US, the most of any country.
Agencies contributed reporting
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