EU agrees to ease Covid travel restrictions for non-EU visitors

European Union countries have agreed on Wednesday to ease COVID-19 travel restrictions for non-EU visitors ahead of the summer tourist season. A move that could open the door to all British and to vaccinated Americans.

 

EU sources said, ambassadors from the 27 EU countries approved a European Commission proposal from May 3rd to loosen the criteria to determine safe countries and to let in fully vaccinated tourists from elsewhere .

 

They are expected to set a new list this week or early next week. Based on data from the European Centre for Disease



Control and Prevention, Britain and a number of other countries would meet the new criteria.

The United States would not, although Americans with proof of vaccination would be welcomed.

Under current restrictions, people from only seven countries, including Australia, Israel and Singapore, can enter the EU on holiday, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.

Individual countries can and will still be able to choose to demand a negative COVID-19 test or a period of quarantine.