EU plans to reopen to fully Covid-vaccinated foreign tourists from June

Holidaymakers would also be welcome from countries with low case rates but bloc would retain emergency brake'

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The EU will reopen to holidaymakers from countries with low Covid infection rates such as the UK, and to anyone who has been fully vaccinated, by the start of June under a European Commission plan.

With the rate of vaccination rising dramatically" in EU member states, commission officials said it was time to relax rules on non-essential travel while legislating to provide for powers to pull an emergency brake" if necessary.