{"id":150305,"date":"2022-01-23T01:07:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T01:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=150305"},"modified":"2022-01-23T01:07:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T01:07:06","slug":"australian-tourists-could-be-banned-from-travelling-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/australian-tourists-could-be-banned-from-travelling-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian tourists could be banned from travelling to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Australian tourists could be BANNED from Europe or forced into quarantine as Down Under is declared a &#8216;Covid danger zone&#8217; by the EU due to surging cases<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia, Canada, and Argentina have been classified &#8216;Covid danger zones&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>European Council recommended the nation&#8217;s were denied eased restrictions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>New testing and self-isolation requirements will apply to Australian tourists<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Comes after the United States slapped Australia with &#8216;Do Not Travel&#8217; warning\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Covid cases are so high, the US CDC has deemed Australia a Level 4 threat\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian tourists could be banned from Europe or forced into quarantine as the European Union declares Down Under a &#8216;Covid danger zone&#8217; amid surging cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Travelling to parts of Europe could become near-impossible following Australia&#8217;s classification as a virus hotspot and the tightening of restrictions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The EU announced Australia had been removed from the white list of countries for which Covid travel restrictions &#8216;should be lifted&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;New testing and self-isolation requirements may apply depending on which EU member state you&#8217;re travelling to, regardless of whether you&#8217;re considered fully vaccinated or not,&#8217; it said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53250923-10430835-image-a-4_1642890193780.jpg\" height=\"887\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Australian tourists could be banned from travelling to Europe or forced into quarantine as the European Union declares Down Under a &#8216;Covid danger zone&#8217; (pictured, Bondi beach-goers)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53250927-10430835-image-a-5_1642890230268.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Travelling to European destinations could become near impossible following Australia&#8217;s classification as a virus hot spot and the tightening of restrictions (pictured, Heathrow airport)<\/p>\n<p>Omicron cases continue to multiply across Australia with the EU noting there had been\u00a0511,267 infections in seven days earlier this month\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australia is noticeably absent from the &#8216;white list&#8217; that recently added travellers from outside the Schengan zone to travel to some EU states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tourists from countries like New Zealand, Indonesia, Chile, South Korea and China will enjoy eased travel restrictions, however Australia has been excluded.<\/p>\n<p>This means citizens could be slapped with a total or partial ban from entering some European countries, with increased quarantine and testing requirements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The European Council has also labelled Canada and Argentina as Covid danger zones with the white list to be reviewed every two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The official directive comes after the US State Department and Centres for Disease and Prevention updated their travel advice for Americans on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53250929-10430835-image-a-6_1642890255556.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Down Under is noticeably absent from the EU &#8216;white list&#8217; which recently approved travellers from outside the Schengan zone (pictured, passengers arrive at an airport near Paris, France)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53250939-10430835-image-a-7_1642890297869.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Australia on Wednesday was slapped with a Level 4 &#8216;Do Not Travel&#8217; rating &#8211; the same as war-torn nations including North Korea, Afghanistan and Syria (pictured, testing in Bondi)<\/p>\n<h3>NEW DESTINATIONS WITH &#8216;DO NOT TRAVEL&#8217; BY THE US<\/h3>\n<p>Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Egypt, Grenada, Guyana, Israel, Panama, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Turks and Caicos, and Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p>Australia was slapped with a Level 4 &#8216;Do Not Travel&#8217; rating &#8211; the same as war-torn nations including North Korea, Afghanistan and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>American citizens are being warned to avoid all travel to Australia, declaring the risk of contracting Covid-19 is too &#8216;severe&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the highest number of Covid cases in world since the pandemic began, the US administration warned Americans to avoid a trip Down Under, with countries such as China and Japan still considered Level 3.<\/p>\n<p>Under the threat system Level 1 means there is low risk, Level 2 signifies a moderate threat, while Level 3 urges US residents to avoid unnecessary travel.<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, the marker for a nation to be given a Level 4 warning by the CDC is 500 new Covid cases per 100,000 people over the past 28 days with 22 new nations surpassing that threshold this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Do not travel to Australia due to Coivd-19-related travel restrictions,&#8217; the travel advice said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice for Australia due to Covid-19, indicating a very high level of Covid-19 in the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53251285-10430835-image-a-9_1642890444254.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/22\/53251283-10430835-image-a-8_1642890407219.jpg\" height=\"343\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Canada reported 48,964 new infection for January 17 &#8211; earning it a place on the EU&#8217;s danger list<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Your risk of contracting Covid-19 and developing severe symptoms may be lower if you are fully vaccinated with an FDA authorized vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are restrictions in place affecting US citizen entry into Australia.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Covid death toll has been relatively low throughout the most of the pandemic, but Omicron is creating challenges with more than 60,000 new daily cases since December.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australia will be be regarded as unsafe by both the US and EU, at least until the Omicron wave passes through and cases fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the pandemic Australia has recorded 1.8 million cases of Covid and 2,750 deaths from the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This means about 6.9 per cent of the population has been infected with Covid, with a death rate of just 0.01 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/23\/53250893-10430835-In_NSW_the_state_that_continues_to_record_the_bulk_of_the_nation-a-42_1642895232506.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In NSW &#8211; the state that continues to record the bulk of the nation&#8217;s infections &#8211; 36 people died with Covid on Thursday (pictured, traffic marshals at a Bondi Beach testing clinic)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/01\/22\/23\/53250933-10430835-Since_the_beginning_of_the_pandemic_Australia_has_recorded_a_tot-a-41_1642895232500.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the pandemic Australia has recorded a total of 1.8 million cases of Covid and 2,750 deaths from the virus.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, about 21 per cent of France&#8217;s population has been infected with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic and 0.18 per cent died.<\/p>\n<p>Australia has banned international tourists since March 2020, the month the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But international students and those with a working visa have been allowed back into Australia since December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Australians were banned from travelling overseas for a holiday in March 2020 but that restriction was lifted just before Christmas for vaccinated citizens and permanent residents.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10430835\/Australian-tourists-banned-Europe-EU-declares-Covid-danger-zone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian tourists could be BANNED from Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australian tourists could be banned from travelling to Europe - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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