EU opens borders to 'safe' countries including ThailandA passenger wearing a protective face mask walks at Fiumicino Airport in Rome on the day EU governments agreed a "safe list" of countries for which they will allow non-essential travel starting from July. Those on the list are Algeria, Australia, Canada, Japan, Georgia, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay. Travellers from China, where the virus first emerged late last year, will be allowed on the condition that Beijing reciprocates and opens the door to EU residents. But with some 10.3 million known infections worldwide, the pandemic is "not even close to being over", the World Health Organization has warned. "Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday.

Source: Bangkok Post July 01, 2020 01:07 UTC