EU won’t impose travel curbs on US despite Covid surge

The EU decided not to reinstate restrictions on non-essential travel from the US despite new Covid-19 cases there exceeding the bloc’s threshold. The next review of the list of countries being granted unrestricted access into the EU will be in two weeks, according to a spokesperson for the Slovenian presidency, who confirmed Monday’s decision. New Covid cases in the US rose to about 270 per 100,000 inhabitants over the previous 14 days, according to data compiled by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. The EU limit is 75 new cases. The guidance from the bloc is a recommendation and any decision on who to let in, and what restrictions to impose, ultimately rests with the government of each member state. While countries have largely followed the guidelines, there have been times when individual nations have diverged from them. Airline routes between the EU and US have recovered to almost 50% of pre-pandemic levels after Brussels chose to let in fully vaccinated Americans in June. <br/>