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		</div><p>The European Commission has proposed an update to the EU travel arrangement made last year to curb the spread of Covid-19 as case numbers continue to surge across much of Europe.</p>
<p>The Commission will consider adding another category to the EU traffic light system to denote areas of particular risk due to their rates of the virus.</p>
<p>Currently, red, orange, red and grey status has been attributed to regions in participating countries.</p>
<p>Passengers arriving from red regions are required to restrict their movements before being given the option to take a PCR test after five days, people from orange areas could provide a &#8216;not detected&#8217; PCR result to avoid restrictions upon arrival, while visitors from green regions are not required to isolate. A grey status is given to any region which failed to provide sufficient data.</p>
<p>However, as the transmission of the virus has worsened in many EU countries the Commission will consider adding a &#8216;dark red&#8217; category to further discourage non-essential travel.</p>
<p>Currently, Norway, Finland and Greece are the only countries with orange regions; with Greece also having one green region on the mainland and a collection of green-status islands to the southeast. The rest of the EU, including Ireland, has a red status.</p>
<p>A statement from the Commission said: &#8220;In light of new coronavirus variants and high numbers of new infections across many Member States, it is necessary to strongly discourage non-essential travel, while avoiding border closures or blanket travel bans and ensuring that the functioning of the Single Market and supply chains remain uninterrupted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Therefore further targeted action to ensure a coordinated approach on measures restricting free movement within the EU is necessary.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition to the dark red category, stricter measures will also be considered for passengers arriving from &#8220;higher-risk areas&#8221;.</p>
<p>This is likely to include the requirement for a Covid test to be taken prior to arrival as well as a period of quarantine upon arrival.</p>
<p>The statement adds: &#8220;People living in border regions should be exempted from some of the travel restrictions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Travel from outside the EU<br />
The topic of passengers arriving from countries outside the EU will also be considered by the Commission, proposing taking each country&#8217;s testing rate, testing positivity and detection of variants into account.</p>
<p>The Commission has also suggested mandatory testing before departure and a common European Passenger Locator Form for all such passengers.</p>
<p>Regarding newly detected variants of the virus, the Commission&#8217;s statement said: &#8220;For trips originating from countries where a variant of concern of the virus has been detected, Member States should systematically impose safety measures such as self-isolation, quarantine and contact tracing for a period of up to 14 days.</p>
<p>&#8220;In particular, travellers should be required to quarantine and take additional tests upon or after arrival.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Commission also recommend when the Council considers easing restrictions for passengers arriving from outside the EU, the country&#8217;s 14-day incidence rate per 100,000 should be below 25, their testing rate per 100,000 in the last week should be over 300, their positivity rate should be below 4 per cent and the nature of the virus in the country, such as if any new variants have been identified there, should be considered.</p>
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