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EU agrees to reopen borders for vaccinated travellers

AFP
19 May 2021 16:15:57 | Update: 19 May 2021 16:15:57

Adrienne Kertesz, doctor at the South Pest Central Hospital in Hungary , receives the first vaccination against the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) by Pfizer and BioNTech, from chief infectiologist Janos Szlavik at the South Pest Central Hospital in Budapest. – AFP photo

EU member states agreed Wednesday that the bloc's borders should re-open to travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, European sources said.

Meeting in Brussels, diplomats also agreed to increase the level of new cases a country can hit before being declared unsafe – a measure that would open up travel into the EU from more places.