Since the start of June, European countries have been easing restrictions on visitor entry to varying degrees in a bid to boost the tourism industry during the summer months.
Despite being one of the worst-hit countries by the Covid-19 pandemic earlier this year, for example, Italy became the first country to reopen its borders to EU citizens on 3 June, while Spain lifted border restrictions to EU countries on 21 June.the lifting of travel restrictions and the removal of quarantine measures1 July is also the date that the European Commission said that EU member states should have agreed on a common list of non-EU countries for which travel restrictions can be lifted.
Two potential lists are currently being considered, according to The New York Times, based on the response of individual countries to the pandemic. The United States is excluded from both, along with countries such as Brazil and Russia, while China is said to be included on both lists of acceptable travellers.from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, meanwhile, there have been over 121,000 Covid-19-related deaths in the United States, more than double the amount of any other country.
This week, President Donald Trump said that the high number of cases is down to the United States “testing far more than any other country” and suggested that “with smaller testing, we would show fewer cases”. Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases!