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Covid-19 Vaccination, Testing And Quarantine Rules By Country

The last hurrahs of summer are bringing more travel complications, as countries are increasingly deluged with rising daily infection rates of Covid-19 and specifically, the tricky Delta variant:

  • The U.S. has been removed from the EU’s safe list for non-essential travel because its daily infection rate is far higher than the 75 daily cases per 100,000 people needed over a 14-day period to stay on this list–Israel was also removed.
  • It was a move seen by some to be valid, not only because of rising rates in the U.S. but also because the EU is neck and neck with the U.S. on vaccination rates and because of the continued lack of reciprocity from the U.S. in rescinding the travel ban which has
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Shante Abdo by — September 3, 2021 in Travel Guidelines
July EU Travel Restrictions, Covid-19 Test Requirements, Quarantine By Country

The picture across the EU (and the U.K.) in July is optimistic but becoming a little more complicated than in June. More and more countries are open, particularly to U.S. travelers, but the threat of the Delta variant looms.

This means that for the travel industry, it has once again become a race to get second vaccinations (and first) completed, before the Delta variant (B.1.167.2) becomes prevalent across the bloc–particularly as it is more transmissable and vaccine resistant than previous strains.

The European travel industry is currently in good shape:

  • the EU has expanded its White List of countries, the third-party countries that can now visit Europe, including the U.S. This list had stayed very small for much of one whole year but now encompasses Albania, Australia, China (the EU travel ban applies until China
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Shante Abdo by — July 2, 2021 in Travel Guidelines
The travel restrictions in place in every country in Europe

Many countries have travel restrictions in place in a bid to control the spread of COVID-19.

The latest big changes include:

  • The UK has added 15 new countries and territories to its quarantine-free travel list: read more.
  • The three presidents of the EU Commission have officially signed an agreement on the COVID-19 EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC).
  • The EUDCC will enter regulation on 1 July and 16 EU countries are now using the pass.
  • Malta and Finland announce they will join EUDCC gateway.
  • The EU has added the US among others to a list which recommends countries that may be able to travel to the continent.
  • The United Kingdom has delayed entering the next stage of its lockdown roadmap by four weeks due to the spread of the Delta variant.
  • Arrivals from UK placed under stricter measures by France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain amid call for
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Shante Abdo by — June 30, 2021 in Travel Guidelines