Travelers from the U.S. and many other nations will be barred as too risky because of spiking coronavirus cases in their home countries.
The European Union extended its travel ban on Americans Thursday, as coronavirus infections continued to spike across the United States., welcoming visitors from 14 countries, including Canada, South Korea and Australia. The U.S. was left off that initial list and Americans remain barred from visiting the bloc for at least another two weeks under Thursday's decision, announced by the European Council.
The announcement came after EU officials conducted their first biweekly review of travel restrictions, coronavirus trends and containment measures in each country to determine whether to add or narrow the list of permitted travelers. The key measurement: the pandemic outbreak in a given country needs to be equally contained – or more so – better than in the EU.
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