Europe’s New COVID-19 Travel Rules, Explained

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Europe’s New COVID-19 Travel Rules, Explained

 

By Michelle Baran   Sep 22, 2020

 

A confusing patchwork of intra-European travel restrictions has led the European Commission to propose a more coordinated approach.

 

As residents of many countries (including the United States) remain banned from traveling to much of Europe, travel within Europe has not proven to be much easier in many instances.

 

Travelers coming from the United Kingdom can enter France without restrictions, but those going in the opposite direction have to quarantine for 14 days. Those heading to Germany from regions within certain European countries must quarantine until they provide negative COVID-19 test results. Travelers to Italy coming from EU countries must fill out a health form, unless they’re coming from Croatia, Greece, Malta, or Spain (then they must provide proof of a negative test). It goes on and on.

 

The patchwork of rules and regulations for travel within Europe is dizzying and has only become more so as European countries continue to relax and tighten their border controls on a country-by-country (and even sometimes province-by-province or regional) basis in response to surges and declines of coronavirus cases.

 

Read full article: https://www.afar.com/magazine/europes-new-covid-travel-rules-explained