European Union countries keen to revive their economies are ready to ban Americans because the United States has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reported in Brussels on Tuesday, citing acceptable lists of travelers.
The United States, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world and is experiencing an increase in new infections, would be in the same category as the number 2 hotspot of Brazil and Russia, according to the Times, citing the proposal.
There was no immediate comment from the White House.
EU diplomat said EU executive board has proposed three criteria for authorizing passengers from third countries, including the country’s epidemiological situation, but EU member states should determine what should be the relevant measures and thresholds.
“There is no list (of countries), just a list of criteria,” said another EU diplomat.
The second diplomat said that member states were considering using a country’s infection rate per 100,000 population to decide whether to allow passengers, but had not yet agreed on the threshold for setting these criteria.
The threshold should also take into account factors influencing the reliability of this data, such as a country’s COVID-19 testing capacity.
Earlier this month, the European Commission recommended that the bloc gradually reopen its borders to non-EU travelers from July and use three criteria to decide which countries to allow visitors: countries should have COVID-19 under less as much control as the average EU, have containment measures during the trip and be ready to welcome visitors from the EU.
EU member states will discuss the criteria on Wednesday, although there is no guarantee that a decision will be made at that time.
In March, as cases increased in Europe, Trump banned most EU citizens from entering the United States in an effort to curb the epidemic there, angering officials. EU.
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