Time.news – Doors open in Europe for American tourists vaccinated against Covid-19: the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told the New York Times in an interview. “Americans, from what I can see, use vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which will allow free movement and travel in the European Union. Because one thing is clear: the 27 member states will accept, unconditionally, all those who will be vaccinated with EMA approved vaccines “.
Von der Leyen did not give a specific timing, but the newspaper writes that the new rules could be implemented as early as this summer, while vaccinations increase around the world. The president noted the “tremendous progress” of the vaccination campaign in the United States, which is on track to vaccinate 70% of the adult population by mid-June.
The trips will depend “on the epidemiological situation, but in the United States the situation is improving, as, we hope, the European Union”. They have been running for weeks technical discussions between the European Union and the United States on how to make vaccination certificates practically and technologically legible of any place so that citizens can use them for unrestricted travel. It is possible that a low-tech solution will be used in the near future to allow people to travel freely on the basis of vaccination.
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