China News Service, August 31. According to foreign media reports, due to the rising number of new crown infections in the United States, the European Union recommended on the 30th that its member states remove the United States from the safe travel list, which means that travelers from the United States may face stricter anti-epidemic measures. Restrictions, such as COVID-19 detection and isolation measures.

Data map: On August 3, local time, customers were shopping in a mall in San Francisco, California, USA.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

  In addition to the United States, Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro and North Macedonia have also been removed from the European Union’s safe travel list.

This list aims to unify the travel rules of the entire European Union, although it is not binding on the EU countries, each country can freely decide its own border policy.

  Some European Union countries, such as Germany and Belgium, have listed the United States as a red alert country, and American travelers need to be tested and quarantined when entering the country. However, France and the Netherlands still list the United States as a safe country.

  According to data from Our World in Data, in the week ending August 28, the average number of single-day cases in the United States has risen to more than 450 cases per million people. In mid-June, when the European Union added the United States to the safe travel list , This data is less than 40 cases.

  At present, the European Union allows most non-EU tourists who have been fully vaccinated to enter, but according to the regulations of various countries, tourists need to be tested and quarantined.