ArmInfo. Starting July 1, the European Union intends to open its borders to some countries that are not members of the EU. According to Euronews, a list of such countries has been compiled based on the recommendations of the European Commission.
The full list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe according to the draft list is as follows: Vatican, Monaco, Montenegro, Andorra, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Albania, Turkey, Kosovo, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Turkmenistan, Vietnam China, Thailand, Myanmar, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Georgia, Bhutan, Lebanon, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, India, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Palau, New Zealand, Australia, Dominica, Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Uruguay, Jamaica, Cuba, Guyana, Paraguay, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Canada, Angola, Tunisia, Namibia, Uganda, Mozambique, Mauritius, Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt. According to the source, 54 states were included in the list of banned countries, including the USA, Brazil, Russia, which occupy leading positions in the world in the number of people infected with coronavirus. According to the map published on the Euronews website, countries are divided into three categories, entry, non-entry, and the status of which has not yet been determined. Armenia is among the states with an still uncertain status. The neighbors of Armenia - Iran and Azerbaijan are also among the states for which the status of which has not yet been determined. According to Euronews, the discussion of the list between EU representatives ended on June 25 without coordination, the discussion of the issue will continue on June 26. According to the publication, the reason for the disagreement is the selection criteria of countries. It should be noted that as of June 26, 759 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Armenia, another 814 patients recovered. In total, 23,247 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the republic, 12149 people recovered, 410 died. Over the last day, the disease claimed the lives of 13 people aged 48 to 89; all had accompanying chronic diseases. Currently, 10,557 patients are receiving actual treatment. In total, 105046 tests for coronavirus were conducted in the republic.