STOCKHOLM - More than half of countries in the EU, plus the UK, were on Thursday labeled red in a new map issued by the bloc's disease control agency aimed at guiding decisions on travel restrictions.
Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv Seventeen of 31 countries covered by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control were labelled red or mostly red, meaning average daily cases over the previous 14-day period were 50 or higher per 100,000 inhabitants coupled with a test positivity rate of over four percent.In addition to the 27 EU countries, the ECDC covers the UK, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Member states agreed not to impose travel restrictions on travelers from regions rated "green", but none achieved that level nationwide.