The European Union is set to ban most American travelers from entering when the bloc reopens next week, with the U.S. among countries deemed too risky over its recent spike in COVID-19 cases, The New York Times reports.
The United States’s exclusion from a list of countries whose citizens are allowed to enter the EU comes as numerous states have reported surging numbers of coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with several states seeing all-time-highs in COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.
The other countries included on the unsafe list include: Russia, Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay, Andorra, San Marino, Monaco and the Vatican.
The decision comes as the EU is set to lift its lockdown July 1.
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JUST IN: EU set to ban American travelers when borders reopen due to COVID-19 spikes: report https://t.co/iVl3uU9GEp pic.twitter.com/Kc0XZghxvI
— The Hill (@thehill) June 26, 2020
So this is what it feels like to live in a less developed country. https://t.co/BF0MP4x7rL
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 26, 2020
The United States sets another new daily high in COVID-19 cases at 47,341.
The 7 day rolling average is also at the highest level of the pandemic.
Increased testing is part of the increase, but the increased positive rate is playing a bigger role in recent days. pic.twitter.com/6JsMK9kdqk
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 27, 2020
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