Mitigation measures .. The European Union seeks to open the borders of its country to facilitate tourism

The European Union on Wednesday called on member states to reopen their internal borders to facilitate tourism despite the continuing outbreak of the new Corona virus, which has killed more than 292,000 people in the world, and many countries, including Tunisia, have started to ease restrictions imposed.

The European Commission seeks to avoid flooding the main tourism sector in relation to the economy of the European Union, as it represents 10% of the gross domestic product and 12% of jobs, more in some southern European countries such as Italy and Spain, and they are among the countries most affected by the epidemic.

"It will not be an ordinary summer ... but if we all make efforts, we will not have to spend the summer stuck at home, or we will not lose the whole summer in relation to the tourism sector," Margaret Vijager, Vice-President of the European Commission, told a press conference in Brussels.

The European Commission calls for the reopening of the European Union's internal borders in a "coordinated" and "most harmonious" manner and in a "non-discriminatory" manner.

On Wednesday, Germany announced that its goal would be to remove restrictions imposed on movements on its borders in mid-June, adding that its neighbors France, Austria and Switzerland had the same goal. Its borders with Luxembourg will be fully opened from Saturday.

Austria announced that starting from June 15, freedom of movement will be restored on its common border with Germany, closed since mid-March.

The UK, the second most affected country by the epidemic in the world (more than 33,000 deaths), began lifting isolation measures Wednesday, the first modest and sporadic easing of measures, and England residents were able to leave their homes more and go to work or play golf.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his country was experiencing an unprecedented epidemic, and that the time was not right to compare deaths in the United Kingdom with other countries.

In Spain, some regions started implementing the second stage of easing general domestic quarantine procedures. This procedure includes about 51% of the Spaniards, while other provinces remained below this stage due to the failure to meet the criteria set by the Ministry of Health as a condition to ease restrictions imposed under the state of emergency.

In Russia, which, on Tuesday, according to the French Press Agency, has become the second country in the world in terms of the number of casualties (more than 232,000), President Vladimir Putin has allowed to reduce the stone according to the epidemic situation in each region.

But in Moscow, the main epicenter of the epidemic in Russia and where 121,301 cases were recorded, the isolation period was extended until May 31. On Wednesday, Russia also recorded 10 thousand new infections.

In China, the city of Jilin - which counted four million people and is located in the province of the same name on the border with North Korea - Wednesday put its residents in a quarantine after a group of infections appeared in Corona, which raised fears of the possibility of a new wave of the epidemic in the country.

America and other countries
in the United States, the mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bawser, announced the extension of the decision to stay home in the city until June 8, explaining that the region needs more time to slow the spread of the Corona virus.

Bawser warned of the tragic results that could result from a impulsive decision to lift the restrictions, stressing that the decision to open the city will be based on scientific data and not economic pressure or pressure from neighboring state leaders.

Bowser added that easing restrictions before a vaccine or treatment is available for the virus will lead to a rise in infections and deaths.

In Pakistan, Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted official sources as having opened three border crossings with Iran to shipping traffic coming from Iran only with instructions from the Ministry of Interior.

The sources indicated that these crossings, including the Taftan crossing and the Friendship Gate, will open three days a week after they were closed for the past two months. Trucks from Iran and their drivers will be sterilized. A quarantine center was also built at the Taftan crossing, with a capacity for 1,000 people.

For its part, the government of Kazakhstan said on Wednesday that it would reopen places of worship, hotels, small cafes and restaurants starting from May 18, two months after the start of public isolation measures, in the Central Asian country due to the outbreak of the Coruna virus.

As for cafes and restaurants, it will only be allowed to reopen those outdoors or with no more than 30 chairs.

On the Arab level, Tunisian President Qais Saeed was quoted by the official news agency as saying that Tunisia will reduce the hours of the night curfew it imposed to curb the outbreak of the Corona epidemic, starting today, Wednesday.

The curfew will now start from eleven at night until five in the morning local time instead of eight in the evening until six in the morning.