European Union Removes United States From Safe Travel List After COVID-19 Spike There

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JAKARTA - The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday, August 30 recommended to EU member states to reimpose restrictions on tourists from the United States, due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. The council announced in a statement, reversing a decision taken in June when the bloc put the US on a safe travel list just in time for summer vacation. In the past week, the US reported 977,947 cases of COVID-19 and 7,394 deaths, the worst conditions in the world. world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

In addition to the US, the Council also removed Israel, Lebanon, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Kosovo from the list of safe countries and territories for non-urgent travel. they travel to the EU, including mandatory quarantine. "This does not reduce the possibility for member states to lift temporary restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU for fully vaccinated travelers," the Council said. his trip should be revoked covering the epidemiological situation and the overall response to COVID-19, as well as the reliability of the information and data sources available. The latest safe travel list includes Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Japan, Jordan, New Zealand, Qatar, Moldova, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Ukraine and China.