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EU declares travel-ban for countries hardest-hit by COVID-19, including US.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/30/21308023/eu-ban-american-travelers-tourists-coronavirus-pandemic-responseThe European Union has confirmed that American citizens will not be allowed to enter its borders as the bloc begins to ease travel restrictions imposed earlier this year in response to the pandemic. Travelers from America, as well as Brazil and Russia, have been barred from entry because of their countries’ inability to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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Despite the pressing economic need, though, the EU has judged that allowing US travelers back in is too risky. America’s rate of infection is too high, and the response from the Trump administration has not reassured the experts that this will change anytime soon. The US instituted its own travel ban for visitors from Ireland and the 26-country Schengen common travel area (which includes 22 EU nations) in March.
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Brazil, Russia, and India, citizens of which have also been banned from entering the EU, are the next three biggest hotspots for the pandemic. Brazil, by comparison, the biggest site of the virus after the US, has some 1.3 million infections and more than 58,000 deaths.
The travel ban by the EU does make some allowances for travelers with “an essential function or need.” This includes health care professionals, diplomats, seasonal agricultural workers, and “third-country nationals traveling for the purpose of study.”
The full list countries whose residents are now allowed entry to the EU is as follows: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay. The list will be reviewed every two weeks.
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Despite the pressing economic need, though, the EU has judged that allowing US travelers back in is too risky. America’s rate of infection is too high, and the response from the Trump administration has not reassured the experts that this will change anytime soon. The US instituted its own travel ban for visitors from Ireland and the 26-country Schengen common travel area (which includes 22 EU nations) in March.
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Brazil, Russia, and India, citizens of which have also been banned from entering the EU, are the next three biggest hotspots for the pandemic. Brazil, by comparison, the biggest site of the virus after the US, has some 1.3 million infections and more than 58,000 deaths.
The travel ban by the EU does make some allowances for travelers with “an essential function or need.” This includes health care professionals, diplomats, seasonal agricultural workers, and “third-country nationals traveling for the purpose of study.”
The full list countries whose residents are now allowed entry to the EU is as follows: Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay. The list will be reviewed every two weeks.
Algeria, Rwanda and Tunisia are in, the US is out. Nice to know where the US stands medically compared to other countries.
