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With more people being vaccinated every day, the travel industry is sure to experience a much-needed boost this summer.
The European Unionwill allow American touristswho have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to visit this summer, according toThe New York Times. The news comes more than a year after the E.U. shut down nonessential travel from most countries.
With the steady vaccination rollout in the United States., the European Commission, the executive branch of the E.U., could soon recommend that trans-Atlantic leisure travel be restored.
There have already been talks with the U.S. about implementing certificates as an acceptable proof of vaccination. The E.U. has already begun providing its citizens with “digital green certificates,” which will denote vaccination status, and public health experts in the U.S have recommended peoplehold on to their paper vaccination cardsfor the same purpose.
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It also helps that the vaccines used in the U.S. — Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson — have also been approved in Europe. “The Americans, as far as I can see, use European Medicines Agency-approved vaccines,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, told theTimes.
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Just last week, President Joe Bidenreached his goalof having 200 million vaccinations administered in his first 100 days in office, aftersurpassing the original goal of 100 million doseslast month.
The milestone came shortly after all adults in the U.S.became eligible for the vaccine. Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that fully vaccinated individualscan travel safely within the U.S.without having to quarantine or be tested.
source: people.com
