Australia was deemed to be a Covid danger zone by the European Council and has been removed from a list of countries that are allowed to travel freely to Europe.
In the wake of rising Covid deaths and cases, travel rules regarding un-jabbed arrivals have been tightened.
European Council of the European Union declared that the three countries will be removed from the list of countries to which it suggests lifting non-essential travel bans.
Colombia and China were among the countries that made it through, as the European Council recommends travellers may arrive without a vaccination.
Colombia has witnessed 5.5 Million coronavirus-related cases and 131,000 deaths to this point. However, the virus is originating in Wuhan, China.
Australia had previously experienced relatively low Covid deaths and cases during the pandemic. However, it has now been afflicted by the disease in its worst-ever bout since December, with more than 60,000.
Australia has been removed from the European Council’s recommended list of unvaccinated countries that will allow them to enter the EU. The Covid restrictions were lifted on Tuesday night. (Photo: Bondi Beach beachgoers, January 16).
China has been included on the European Council list of countries where travel restrictions should be lifted, despite the possibility that it is infected with the flu virus. (Photo: Tests at Xian North train Station on January 17).
Canada had 48,964 infections in January 2017. This earned it a spot on the EU’s dangerous list.
Australia has had 1.8 Million cases of Covid since the start of the pandemic. There have been 2,750 deaths from infection.
This is 6.9 percent of Australia’s population infected, and 0.01 percent have died.
Approximately 21 percent of France’s population have been infected since the outbreak of the pandemic, while 0.18% of those affected have already died.
At the moment, tourists who have been fully vaccinated using approved vaccines from European Medicines Agency are able to travel anywhere in Europe.
Pfizer and AstraZeneca approved the vaccines Novavax, Moderna, Novavax and Novavax.
The recommended restrictions are not applicable to EU citizens or healthcare personnel.
About 5.5 percent of Australia’s inhabitants have been infected by Covid, and approximately 0.01 percent of them have already died.
EU citizens, healthcare personnel and transportation workers are exempted from the tightened restrictions
EU Council stated that the EU list will be reviewed approximately every two weeks.
The majority of EU countries agreed to a ban on non-essential travel when the pandemic began in March 2020. This applies now to all those not vaccinated against Covid.
The EU council has recommended that travel bans be lifted for 15 countries.
The move to remove Australia from the safe list comes after the country suffered its second worst day for Covid deaths since the start of pandemic.
After testing positive for Covid in NSW, 36 people perished in Monday’s tragedy. The 22-year-old victim was from Victoria.
While the youngest victim of the NSW tragedy was in his 40s, all other victims were older than that.
Smartraveller.gov.au has more information about travel restrictions.