The member states have unanimously decided on the opening of their borders to the rest of the world.

In accordance with the recommendation proposed by the European Commission, entry into the EU will be allowed to travelers from third countries who have received the necessary doses of anti-Covid vaccines authorized at European level, we learned from European sources on Wednesday.

The EU closed its external borders in March 2020 for “non-essential” travel and established from June a shortlist, revised regularly, of third countries whose residents - vaccinated or not - can enter the Union.

The list of countries allowed to enter should grow

The representatives of the member states also agreed on Wednesday to relax the criterion of the incidence rate of the virus taken into account to draw up this list.

The rate is raised from 25 to 75 cases (per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 14 days).

The list, which currently has seven countries (Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, plus China pending reciprocity), is expected to grow significantly as a result.

At the same time, the Member States have agreed to set up a coordinated emergency mechanism to quickly suspend arrivals from a third country in the event of a deterioration of the health situation due to the appearance of variants.

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