The European Union (EU) withdrew this Monday in the United States from the list of countries citizens were allowed to make unrestricted non-essential trips to the territory of the bloc during the coronavirus pandemic.
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“Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, the Republic of Northern Macedonia and the United States were removed from the list,” the EU Council said in a statement.
The measure means re-imposing restrictions on non-essential travel from these countries. “Non-essential trips to the EU from countries or entities not listed [en el listado aprobado] they are subject to temporary restrictions, “the statement said.
However, this is an EU recommendation and European capitals will be able to allow a certain number of fully vaccinated passenger arrivals, in a scenario of widespread concern about the increase in cases. The EU pointed out on Monday that “this list will continue to be reviewed periodically and will eventually be updated”, after changing the authorizations that have governed it since 16 June.
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With the arrival of the summer and the start of the tourist season in Europe, several countries in the bloc pressed to open the door to American tourists, in an attempt to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic.
At present no country in Latin America is on this list that authorizes non-essential travel. The last Latin American, Uruguay, Was removed from the list in December 2020. Just 17 countries are now on the list of countries authorized to make non-essential travel, in addition to China, in a decision that depends on reciprocity measures.
Spanish authorities advancing covid-19 detection test in the country.
Spain is emerging from the extreme risk of infection
Spain fell to 250 this Monday coronavirus infections one hundred thousand inhabitants in 14 days and thus leaves the extreme risk of transmission, after almost two months of remaining in this situation.
Specifically, the national average incidence drops to 242 cases, although several regions are still at extreme risk, the Spanish Ministry of Health reported on Monday.
The fifth wave gives way as vaccination progresses, which has already been completed in 69 percent of the entire population of Spain, A country of 47.4 million people. Health today reported 15,489 registered cases since last Friday and 146 more deaths. Since the pandemic began, 4,847,298 people have been infected in
Spain and 84,146 died.
Spain was at extreme risk, with 252 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, on July 7, with a special incidence among young people, the least vaccinated age group at that time, when the summer holidays began and increased population movements for reasons of leisure and rest.
This forced regional authorities to partially reinstate restrictions in place during the state of alarm, which had ended on 9 May. On July 27, the maximum incidence of the fifth hello when rubbing the 702 cases on average in
Spain. AFP and EFE
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