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Updated EU travel regulations
The dark red color will be used in areas where the virus circulates at very high levels, including other strains of the virus.
The Council of the EU has added a new category of restrictions to the recommendations for a coordinated approach to restrictions on free movement due to the pandemic. This was reported by the press service of the City Council on Tuesday, February 2.
Specifically, a new color (dark red) is being added to the existing categories of green, orange, red and gray on a weekly map published by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
It will be used in areas where the virus circulates at very high levels, including other infectious strains of interest. It will also apply to areas where the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification rate is 500 or more per 100,000 people.
At the same time, due to the increasing number of infections and the spread of new strains of the virus, most of the block is already in the “red zone”, so the new “dark red zones” will help to highlight areas. with very high risk.
Members should discourage all non-essential travel to the red and crimson areas while trying to avoid major travel obstacles. They should also require that people traveling from an area classified as dark red undergo a COVID-19 test prior to arrival and undergo quarantine / self-isolation.
“Given the increase in COVID-19 testing capabilities, the guidelines are also being modified to give Member States the ability to require travelers arriving from the orange, red and gray areas to be tested earlier. of the exit, “he said.
Recall that previously the EU limited the export of vaccines, but an exception was made for Ukraine, as it is a member of the Eastern Partnership program.
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