The EU removed the US and five other countries from its safe travel list after the country began recording higher Covid-19 cases.
The other removed countries were Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro and the Republic of North Macedonia.
When landing on European territory, travelers from the previously stated countries are likely to face additional restrictions such as quarantine periods or tests.
“This is without prejudice to the possibility for member states to lift the temporary restriction on nonessential travel to the EU for fully vaccinated travelers,” the council statement said.
The decision was made after the majority of EU countries opened their borders to US citizens in June.
Being a member of the white list requires the countries to have fewer than 75 new cases daily for every 100,000 people over the previous 14 days.
However, the latter was exceeded in recent weeks by the US.
As reported by the Financial Times, the US rate of infection has risen to more than 300 new Covid cases per 100,000 people in the past 2 weeks.
Johns Hopkins University affirmed the US recorded the world’s highest number of infections over the past 28 days, with a total of 38.8 million cases and 637,930 deaths.
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