EU to leave safe travel list unchanged for now, official says

BRUSSELS - The European Union will not change its safe travel list this week, an EU official told Reuters on Monday, allowing non-essential travel from the United States to continue for the time being despite a surge in COVID cases there.

The list currently comprises two dozen countries, including the United States, Japan and Australia, which are considered safe from a health perspective under the ongoing pandemic. Last week, an EU official said the inclusion of the United States in the list might be reconsidered.