Covid-19: Morocco among the 4 African countries admitted to the Shengen area
It is this Saturday that the countries of the European Union should decide on the opening of the Shengen area from July 11. This list drawn up on the basis of “countries with a similar epidemiological situation with Europe” excludes the African continent with the exception of four countries: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Rwanda.
To these countries are added 9 others from the rest of the world (Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Uruguay). China completes the system but under “condition of reciprocity”,
that is to say on condition that it welcomes on its soil the travelers coming from the EU, according to a diplomatic source. Travelers from Andorra, Monaco, the Vatican and San Marino are also admitted.
The great curiosity of this list, alongside the exclusion of Africa (a non event as the continent is used to it) is the absence of
The European proposal sets several epidemiological criteria for a country to be on the admitted list, in particular a rate of new cases of Covid-19 close to or below 16 per 100,000 inhabitants (average in the EU) over the last 14 days .
The list will be reviewed every two weeks. It remains to be seen whether Africa will imitate the attitude adopted by Europe towards China by demanding reciprocity.
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