World Coronavirus Dispatch: EU may allow vaccinated tourists this summer

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EU set to let vaccinated US tourists visit this summer

More than a year after shutting down non-essential travel from most countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the European Union may allow fully vaccinated American tourists over the summer, according to a report in the New York Times. The fast pace of vaccination in the US, and advanced talks between authorities there and the European Union over how to make vaccine certificates acceptable as proof of immunity for visitors, will enable the European Commission to recommend a switch in policy that could see trans-Atlantic leisure travel restored.