Germany, which last week downgraded its travel warning for 32 European countries, on Wednesday announced the end of inbound border controls for all EU citizens except those coming from Sweden, but maintained its ban on travel to 160 other countries until the end of the summer. However, travel between Austria and Sweden, Spain, Portugal and the UK will remain restricted, and a travel warning remains in place for Lombardy in northern Italy, one of the hardest-hit regions. “The level of contagion in society is still very low,” the national health authority said, with the number of confirmed new infections continuing to fall despite an increase in the number of tests.Īustria said it would allow free travel with most other European countries, including Italy, from 16 June. The new rules, which are intended to last until November but could be amended as necessary, would allow the government to control people’s movement and access to public transport, order public spaces to close and reinforce mandatory mask-wearing.ĭenmark said the spread of Covid-19 had not accelerated since it entered its second phase of exiting lockdown early last month. With the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care falling below 1,000, France’s parliament is to debate new legislation allowing the government to lift its current state of emergency while keeping certain measures in place to avoid a second wave. However, Germany extended its coronavirus travel warnings for more than 160 countries outside Europe until the end of August and reports suggested that Moscow’s death toll may be twice as high as Russia’s official figures.īeyond Europe, it emerged that the World Health Organization has told Pakistan that it should impose successive intermittent lockdowns to curb a sharp increase in new cases that has accompanied the country’s loosening of lockdown restrictions. France is to lift its state of emergency on 10 July, Denmark said opening its bars, restaurants and malls had not led to a rise in infections, and Austria will reopen its border with Italy next week as EU nations pursue their steady exits from lockdown.

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