While India’s neighbors are expressing emergency, Europe is beginning to lift the ban!

India has been struggling with the outbreak recently, with a new record for daily deaths despite a decline in the number of new cases in recent days. The outbreak has severely damaged India's health care system, with a severe shortage of hospital beds, oxygen and other medical supplies.

It's not just India. A new wave of infections has swept across other developing countries around the world, from Laos, Vietnam and Thailand in Southeast Asia to Bhutan and Nepal bordering India. The number of infections has surged in the past few weeks. The peak surge has made these countries alert to the potential danger of the epidemic getting out of control. Governments in Southeast Asian countries and neighboring Asian countries are strengthening restrictions to curb the increase in COVID-19 cases.

However, on the other side of the ocean, infection rates in European countries are steadily declining, and the European Union issued a recommendation on Wednesday to lift travel restrictions, and third-country citizens will soon be able to visit EU countries again without any reason.

It is understood that each member state will ultimately decide what measures to take, meaning some countries may still choose to continue with quarantine measures , while others may require a negative PCR test and/or proof of vaccination .

The plan allows for an "emergency brake" that would allow member states to close their borders to travelers from countries experiencing outbreaks, in an effort to prevent infection rates from rising again.

On May 19 , France began the second phase of "unblocking", and the terraces of restaurants and cafes were reopened . It is understood that since the end of April, the number of infections in France has continued to decline, falling to 14,000 cases per day last week. French Health Minister Veran said that the public should remain highly vigilant and actively accept new coronavirus tests.

In addition, the UK officially lifted the lockdown on Monday, and the epidemic in the UK has entered the final stage. Cinemas are now resuming business, bars and restaurants are now offering dine-in services, and museums are open again. The British are now starting to travel, and most people are going to Portugal.

The epidemic in Italy has also been brought under control, with new cases falling by 19% in a week, further easing the pressure on medical resources. On the evening of the 17th, the Italian cabinet passed a decree, deciding to gradually relax control and restart economic and social life based on scientific data on the epidemic.

Now more and more countries are continuing to lift the lockdown. For example, Germany has relaxed some epidemic prevention restrictions; Portugal has relaxed entry regulations for many countries, allowing tourists from EU countries with an incidence rate below 500 to enter Portugal; Greece has allowed foreign tourists with proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative nucleic acid test to enter since last Saturday.

The economic losses caused by the epidemic to the world are incalculable. As the spread of the epidemic slows down, countries have begun to lift the blockade one after another. However, with the vaccine not yet widely available, will there be another wave of recurrence of the epidemic? This is still unknown ...

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