European Union extends ban on American travelers again,except UK

European Union extends ban on American travelers again, except UK For the second time this month, the European Union extended its trav...

European Union extends ban on American travelers again, except UK

For the second time this month, the European Union extended its travel ban on Americans on Thursday, as COVID-19 infections continued to rise across the USA .

The EU first started lifting its travel restrictions outside the bloc on Dominion Day , welcoming visitors from 14 countries, including Canada, South Korea and Australia.

was left off that initial list, and therefore the EU extended its ban on Americans visiting the bloc on July 16.

The announcement, by the EU Council, came after EU officials conducted their biweekly review of travel restrictions, examining coronavirus trends and containment measures in each country to work out whether to feature or narrow the list of permitted travelers.

The key measurement: The pandemic outbreak during a given country must be equally contained – or better – than within the EU.

The USA had quite 4.4 million COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, and quite 151,000 deaths, quite the other nation, consistent with Johns Hopkins University.

European countries have made significantly more progress in containing the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

Consistent with EU data, the bloc – which incorporates the ecu Economic Area (EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and therefore the uk – reported quite 1.7 million states — California, Florida and ny — have quite 400,000 cases, while a fourth, Texas, has nearly as many.

No other EU country has quite 300,000 cases, consistent with the ecu Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

Here are the dozen countries where citizens are approved to go to the EU.

The list has not changed from fortnight ago, when Montenegro and Serbia were removed:

• Australia
• Canada
• Georgia
• Japan
• Morocco
• New Zealand
• Rwanda
• South Korea
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Uruguay
• China, subject to confirmation of reciprocity

Thursday's decree doesn't apply to visit Britain, which left the EU in January.

Federal Department has advised Americans against international travel since March.