E.U. countries urged to halt non-essential travel from India
The Hindu
Countries should apply an "emergency brake" on non-essential travel from India, it said in a statement.
The European Union's executive on Wednesday called on countries of the bloc to temporarily halt non-essential travel from India, to limit the spread of a COVID-19 variant. The European Commission said its proposal followed the World Health Organisation's proposal on Monday to reclassify the B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 found in India as a "variant of concern", raising the alert from a "variant of interest". EU countries should apply an "emergency brake" on non-essential travel from India, it said in a statement.
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