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Canada officially removed from EU's permissible travel list due to rising COVID-19 cases | CBC News

Canada officially removed from EU's permissible travel list due to rising COVID-19 cases | CBC News

Canada officially removed from EU's permissible travel list due to rising COVID-19 cases | CBC News
Oct 22, 2020 1 min, 3 secs

The European Union officially removed Canada from a list of countries that should not be subjected to incoming travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 27-nation bloc first put out a list of 15 countries in July that were deemed to be lower risk for transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The list does not mean Canadians are forbidden from travelling to the EU, as it is merely a guideline for member nations to follow.

"Member states should … ensure that measures taken at the external borders are co-ordinated in order to ensure a well functioning Schengen area," the EU said, referring to the 26 European nations that have agreed to allow free travel across their borders, as per an agreement signed in 1985 in Schengen, Luxembourg.

As of Thursday, Canada is still on Germany's permissible entry list, and the country still allows visitors from various nations deemed high risk as long as they quarantine on arrival. .

The EU move is well short of an outright ban, but the change does suggest that Canada's rising COVID-19 numbers — Canada now has more than 205,000 confirmed cases, including 2,266 new ones on Wednesday, according to the CBC's coronavirus tracker — is becoming something of a concern for the rest of the world.

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