It’s Official—Americans Won’t Be Allowed Into Europe When It Reopens

Authored by afar.com and submitted by Zenbach

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. And now we have to wait even longer. The European Union has revealed the list of countries whose travelers will be welcomed back to the continent on July 1, and it does not include the United States, according to a New York Times report on Friday.

The Times reported that the European Union plans to continue to bar travelers from the United States due to the fact that the country has not brought the coronavirus outbreak under control. The news comes just after the United States reported 36,880 new cases on Wednesday, a record for a single day.

As of June 26, the United States had 2.45 million confirmed coronavirus cases, more than any other country in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. Second is Brazil, with 1.23 million confirmed cases, followed by Russia with nearly 620,000 cases. Neither Brazil nor Russia are on the EU’s list either. The United States also leads in deaths, with nearly 125,000 as of June 26.

On July 1, the European Union will open up to outside travelers for the first time since it closed its borders on March 17 as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the continent. Those restrictions were extended three times, and the latest extension left the ban in place until July 1, 2020.

Lebesgue_Couloir on June 28th, 2020 at 16:28 UTC »

Ah, yes, a travel ban. We're familiar with those.

joemeni on June 28th, 2020 at 15:48 UTC »

I think the question is what batshit crazy countries are still allowing Americans to fly in at this point?

NoseCandiez on June 28th, 2020 at 15:35 UTC »

As an American, surprised it took this long..