No fewer than 15 European countries, in addition to the UK, France, Belgium and Spain, are being quarantined through their European partners, Covid’s new soft traffic formula in the EU.
As Covid spreads across Europe, several countries have begun reintroducing border bans and closures for their neighbors. To counter this and allow reopening to continue safely and in accordance with unusual rules, the EU has proposed a formula of traffic lighting devices for members.
Instead of the final internal borders, the plan is on a color-coded map of Europe.
Obviously, the map will imply where there are constraints and for whom, based on unusual criteria.
“. . . we need a clear “green, orange, red” formula and a kaleidoscope of individual measures,” said EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson.
With the Commission’s proposed threshold of 50 or more cases of coronavirus in line with another 100,000 people over a 14-day period, many countries face quarantine upon arrival through their European colleagues.
The new regulations put countries on a “red list” and quarantine if they exceed this threshold and have a positive rate above 3%, or if new infections exceed 150 in two weeks.
According to the latest knowledge from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), these are the countries that are about to be blocked through other EU/Schengen members:
COUNTRY: 14-day Covid-19 case consisting of 100,000 to 16 September
‘The British face quarantine when they reach ALL EU countries as the bloc adopts a’ standard ‘threshold to impose self-isolation,’ warns the Daily Mail.
Since the bloc uses the same criteria to limit travel, it states that “a recent increase in cases means that the UK has lately an infection rate of 51. 1 consisting of 100,000 and a positive control rate of 6%, either above the EU threshold.
Not all countries have begun to put the system into force and some cannot. France, Germany and Spain, in the first place, favor the approach.
Finland already applies such regulations among its Nordic neighbours, as it relaxes quarantine thresholds.
As of Saturday, any traveler from a country with 25 new instances / 100,000 will have to be quarantined and tested. In October, it plans to expand the measurement of traffic lighting devices even for non-European high-risk devices such as the United States.
The plan is based on many more tests, both at home and for high-risk travelers.
Ireland announced new quarantine regulations on Tuesday, which are in line with the European Commission.
As a component of its six-month ‘Living with Covid-19’ plan, Ireland is abandoning its ‘green list’ and is instead applying EU thresholds.
“Ireland and Finland will be the first countries to apply restrictions, which will necessarily prevent the British from travelling to those countries,” the Sun reports.
“As a component of the EU plan, the government will abandon the 14-day quarantine era for non-green countries and instead adopt a test formula at airports and ports for incoming passengers,” the Irish Times confirms.
Ireland and Northern Ireland may still be among those quarantined in Europe.
“With 6% positive evidence, the UK infection rate would lead to the quarantine of the new colour-code system proposed by the EU,” says The Telegraph.
And the same can be said of all previously indexed countries.
Click here to receive more information on the criteria of the countries in the green and orange list. These Europeans will have no restrictions.
Until all EU governments begin to provide mandatory knowledge to the ECDC, the ECDC will not produce the map that allows travellers to navigate Europe’s new colour-coded Covid zones.
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