European Union will relax travel restrictions for vaccinated in the United States

Ambassadors of the 27 countries approved a proposal from the European Commission to loosen the criteria to establish which are safe countries and allow the entry of vaccinated tourists

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The countries of the European Union agreed this Wednesday to relax the travel restrictions due to COVID- 19 to vaccinated foreign visitors ahead of the summer season including Americans.

Two sources referred to by the Reuters agency in a report today indicated that ambassadors of the 27 countries approved the European Commission proposal on May 3 to loosen the criteria to establish which are safe countries and allow the entry of vaccinated tourists.

The European Union will soon specify which foreigners it will receive

In the In the next few days it is expected that this political community will specify the countries that

In the case of the United States, only those vaccinated would be welcome on flights to countries of the Union.

Only travelers from 7 countries can enter the European Union

Under current provisions, people from only seven countries, including Australia, Israel and Singapore, can enter the European Union on holidays, regardless of whether or not they are vaccinated.

The key criterion to allow access is that the country cannot register more than 25 new cases of coronavirus for 100,000 people in the 14 previous days.

124 positive cases for each 100, 000 people

The commission has proposed raising the level of cases to 100, while the ambassadors suggested the figure of 75.

In the In case of access to vaccinated, those that have received immunization with vaccines approved in the European Union will be able to enter the countries.

The decision of the European Union to open its borders is gives more than a year of the severe restrictions imposed against the arrival of foreigners to the block.

The United States has already exceeded the 100 millions of citizens fully vaccinated.

USA. already exceeded 100 million people fully vaccinated

The country has already exceeded the 100 millions of people over 16 years Fully vaccinated against COVID – , which is equivalent to more than 30% of the country’s total population.

Specifically, the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that in the US there are 124, 455, 693 of fully vaccinated people , equivalent to 37. 5% of the total population .

Last week, the CDC announced new guidelines for fully vaccinated himself. can stop using their masks indoors , as long as state authorities and businesses allow it. The order has generated confusion because there is no mechanism to guarantee and verify that everyone without the mask is fully vaccinated.

Disparity in administration of doses of coronavirus vaccines

One of the debates about the administration of the doses is that only 0.3% of the doses of the vaccines administered globally have reached the 29 poor countries inhabited by approximately 9% of the world population.

Vaccine manufacturers have indicated that this disparity will be resolved soon as production lines increase.