{"id":121171,"date":"2021-05-03T17:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121171"},"modified":"2021-05-03T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:58:50","slug":"covid-19-eu-eyes-letting-fully-vaccinated-travellers-into-bloc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121171","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: EU eyes letting fully vaccinated travellers into bloc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EU-eyes-letting-fully-vaccinated-travellers-into-bloc.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EU-eyes-letting-fully-vaccinated-travellers-into-bloc.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BRUSSELS, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The European Union\u2019s executive on Monday proposed that travellers who are fully vaccinated with EU-approved jabs be able once again to enter the bloc, if they come from countries keeping Covid-19 at bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Commission proposes to allow entry to the EU for non-essential reasons not only for all persons coming from countries with a good epidemiological situation but also all people who have received the last recommended dose of an EU-authorised vaccine,\u201d the European Commission said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This could be extended to vaccines having completed the WHO emergency use listing process. In addition, the Commission proposes to raise&#8230; the threshold related to the number of new COVID-19 cases used to determine a list of countries from which all travel should be permitted,&#8221; it also said, adding that should lead to the expansion of the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To limit the risk of importing new variants of the coronavirus, the Commission also offered a new &#8220;emergency break&#8221; that would allow introducing swift travel restrictions for countries where the health situation deteriorates sharply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU member states are due to start discussing the proposal on Tuesday. Their agreement is needed to put it into effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 27-nation bloc currently allows citizens of seven countries to come on holidays or for other non-essential reasons and the European Commission&#8217;s proposal would expand that list. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The European Union\u2019s executive on Monday proposed that travellers who are fully vaccinated with EU-approved jabs be able once again to enter the bloc, if they come from countries keeping Covid-19 at bay. \u201cThe Commission proposes to allow entry to the EU for non-essential reasons not only for all persons [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121171"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}