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Coronavirus: Europe bans travellers from US, Nigeria, permits 54 countries, (Complete list)

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30/06/2020

Europe has banned travellers from US, Nigeria and other countries over the continuous spread of deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), Onyxnews Nigeria reports.

The European Union Commission also released a list of 54 countries that qualify for travels into Europe ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1 and Nigeria is clearly not among.

According to a report on schengenvisainfo.com, which was obtained by Onyxnews Nigeria, citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe until the epidemiological condition in their countries regarding to COVID-19 improves.

The report said the countries whose citizens have been granted permits into Europe are: Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada.

Others listed are: Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Mauritius.

“The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers,” EU Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said last Thursday, adding that its decisions are “based on health criteria.”

This is happening after the EU commission had on June 11, presented its recommendation on the reopening of internal Schengen borders on June 15, so that Europeans could travel without hitch within the borderless areas just as they did before the initial outbreak of COVID19 pandemic.

While travellers from US have been banned, the report confirmed that citizens of Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia will only be able to enter Europe at a later date when the epidemiological conditions in these countries improves.

List of countries permitted to enter Europe…

1. Albania

2. Algeria

3. Andorra

4. Angola

5. Australia

6. Bahamas

7. Bhutan

8. Bosnia and Herzegovina

9. Canada

10. China

11. Costa