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Ahead of the meeting of European leaders on 25 March, the Commission is calling on Member States to prepare for a coordinated approach to a gradual lifting of COVID-19 restrictions when the epidemiological situation will allow. In a Communication adopted today, it charts the way ahead for a balanced policy and common EU approach, pointing to what we need to do to advance the time when we can recover our European way of life, and do so in a safe and sustainable way with control over the virus.
While the epidemiological situation requires continued control until a sufficient vaccination coverage is achieved, the conditions must be created across the Single Market to allow for safe and sustained re-opening, so that citizens can enjoy their rights and economic and social activity can resume. This includes the deployment of a Digital Green Certificate covering vaccination, testing and recovery; the use of a common framework for response measures; guidance on additional testin
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Due to the new strain of coronavirus, dubbed as the UK variant, pretty much of the whole world shuns UK travellers fearing that the more contagious kind of coronavirus will enter its borders.
Not only that it is more contagious, but recent studies also showed that the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID -19 is deadlier, according to Britain’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group. The scientists said, “some preliminary analyses have been undertaken which show that there may be an increase in the severity of disease associated with this new variant, B.1.1.7.”
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Brits warned they might not have foreign hols ‘for very long time’ as vaccinations need to be global
Kara Godfrey
Updated: 28 Jan 2021, 12:14
THE latest travel restrictions are likely to remain in place for a very long time, according to a medical adviser.
Sir Jeremy Farrah, a a member of the Government s SAGE, warned that the UK vaccination programme alone was not enough, and there needs to be an increase in global vaccinations to allow travellers to go abroad once again. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates
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The new travel restrictions are expected for a very long time until vaccinations are rolled out in more than just the UK