The European Union’s executive yesterday called on countries of the bloc to temporarily halt non-essential travel from India, to limit the spread of a COVID-19 variant.
In a statement, it said that EU countries should apply an emergency brake on non-essential travel from India. It is important to limit to the strict minimum the categories of travellers that can travel from India for essential reasons and to subject those who may still travel from India to strict testing and quarantine arrangements.
Last week the Commission proposed that the EU’s 27 member states ease COVID-19 travel restrictions from June to allow foreign travellers from more countries to enter the bloc, while keeping the option to quickly restrict travel from countries where the health situation deteriorates sharply.
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