The EU proposes to open its external borders to only 6 countries

　　China News Service, Brussels, January 28 (Reporter De Yongjian) The EU updated its list of country names on the 28th to remove Japan. It is recommended that member states only open their external borders to 6 countries and China (with conditions) from now on. The United States, Brazil, Russia, India and other countries are still "unknown on the list."

　　According to the announcement issued by the Council of the European Union on the same day, the six countries are Australia, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. The attached condition to China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region) is "confirmation of equivalence", that is, confirming China It also opens its borders to citizens of EU member states.

　　Compared with the last update of the European Union on December 17 last year, Japan was removed from the list on the 28th, which reduced the number of countries on the list from 7 to 6, while the United States, Brazil, Russia, India and other countries remained "no name on the list." "The opening of external borders to China continues to have conditions attached.

　　On June 30 last year, the European Union announced its first list of country names, suggesting that member states may open external borders to the countries on the list and allow citizens of these countries to go to Europe for "non-essential travel", such as travel to Europe, and then the EU will compare The list of new cases in the past 14 days, the infection rate per 100,000 residents, and the development trend of new cases in the past 14 days will be reviewed every two weeks and adjusted as necessary.

　　As the new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to spread, fewer and fewer countries are "shortlisted" in the EU list.

In addition to the removal of Japan on the 28th, Montenegro, Serbia, Algeria, Morocco, Canada, Georgia, Tunisia, Uruguay and other countries have also been removed from the list.

　　Even for "on the list" countries, the EU is tightening border epidemic prevention.

On January 25, the European Union announced that for those who are currently going to Europe for “non-essential travel”, they must undergo a nucleic acid test within 72 hours before boarding and obtain a negative certificate. After entry, the member states can also take measures against these people within 14 days. Measures such as centralized isolation, home isolation, contact tracing, and additional testing.

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