The European Union is allowing travelers from other countries to resume trips within their borders on July 1st, but that won’t include people from the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports, “Americans will remain barred from entering the European Union for nonessential travel.”
Citizens of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, Japan, Georgia, Uruguay, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Serbia, Montenegro, Rwanda and Thailand will be allowed to enter the bloc. China will be added to the list if Beijing decides to allow EU citizens to travel there. Some European micro-states such as the Vatican, Andorra and Monaco are also included.
The move is a sign of how the U.S. is seen by Europe and elsewhere as a global coronavirus hotbed.
The E.U. and U.S. experienced infection spikes in late March and early April. But while strict lockdown measures have seen those numbers decline across Europe, in the U.S. there have been recent flare-ups in states such as Florida and Texas while President Donald Trump has encouraged society to reopen.