EU countries agree on common criteria for Covid-19 travel restrictions to end confusion over individual national rules that emerged during the pandemic
European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic with Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in Luxembourg on October 13, 2020.
Under the plan, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control will publish a weekly map of the EU using a traffic light colour system to indicate the level of risk in each area. "The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted our daily lives in many ways. Travel restrictions have made it difficult for some of our citizens to get to work, to university or to visit their loved ones," said Michael Roth, the German minister for Europe.
The plans also include exceptions for people doing "essential" jobs, as well as a common contact tracing form for travellers.
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