China News Agency, Brussels, August 7 (Reporter De Yongjian) The EU updated its list of country names on the 7th, suggesting that member states only open their external borders to 10 countries and China (with conditions) from the 8th, compared with the first published at the end of June. The list is reduced by 4 countries, while the United States, Brazil, Russia, India and other countries are still "unnamed".

  According to the announcement issued by the European Council on the same day, the 10 countries are Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay; the condition attached to China is "confirmation of equivalence", which means that China is also Citizens of EU member states open their borders.

  On June 30 this year, the European Union announced the first list of country names. At that time, it recommended that member states open their external borders to 14 countries and China (with conditions). Subsequently, the list was updated twice on July 16 and 30 to remove Montenegro, Serbia and Algeria; the list was updated three times on the 7th, and the EU removed Morocco, leaving only 10 countries on the list.

  According to the standards listed by the European Union, for a country to be "shortlisted", it takes nearly 14 days for new cases and the infection rate per 100,000 residents to be close to or lower than the EU average; compared with 14 days ago, the number of new cases requires Shows a stable or declining trend; prevention and control measures should include testing, monitoring, contact tracing, isolation, treatment and reporting. The EU will also consider the reliability of epidemic information and the country’s ability to score in accordance with the International Health Regulations.

  At present, the EU will update the list regularly, but it is emphasized that the “list” is only a recommendation of the EU and is not binding. Governments of member states may implement it as appropriate and gradually open their external borders to the “listed” countries in an open and transparent manner, but they must not Unauthorized opening of external borders to countries "unnamed on the list" and consultation with other member states. (Finish)