The Tume ya Ulaya ametoa taarifa leo, akisema kwamba Covid-19 hali "inabaki kuwa dhaifu huko Uropa na ulimwenguni kote". Tume ilitaka "hatua zinazoendelea" kupunguza kuenea kwa coronavirus na mwishowe kukomesha ugonjwa huo, na ilipendekeza kuongeza siku 30 za marufuku ya sasa ya kusafiri kwa EU.

Jumuiya ya Ulaya itaweka mipaka yake ya nje kufungwa hadi Juni 15 na, kulingana na Kamishna wa EU wa Mambo ya Ndani Ylva Johansson. Aliongeza kuwa baada ya Juni 15, kuondoa vikwazo vya kusafiri kunapaswa kutekelezwa kwa njia ya "hatua kwa hatua na iliyoratibiwa" ili kuzuia wimbi la pili la janga.

Nchi wanachama wa EU zilifunga mipaka yao kwa wasafiri kutoka nje ya kambi hiyo mnamo Machi, kwa lengo la kuzuia COVID-19 inayoenea haraka. Wakati huo huo, nchi zingine pia zilihamia haraka kufunga mipaka yao ya ndani kwa wasafiri, hata wale kutoka nchi wanachama-hatua ambayo ilikataliwa huko Brussels.

Marufuku ya kusafiri haiathiri Uingereza kwani bado iko katika awamu yake ya mpito ya Brexit na bado inatibiwa kwa njia nyingi kama mshiriki wa EU. Wafanyikazi wa huduma ya afya na wafanyikazi wengine, pamoja na wale wanaosafirisha shehena, pia hawahusiki na vizuizi.

Wakati taarifa ya Tume ilikuja Ijumaa, Ufaransa ilikuwa tayari imetangaza Alhamisi kwamba itazuia mipaka yake yenyewe kwa wasafiri wasio muhimu hadi "angalau Juni 15."

Kuanzia Mei 8, kulikuwa na zaidi ya visa milioni 1.5 vya maambukizo ya coronavirus yaliyoripotiwa kote Uropa, na Uhispania, Italia, Uingereza na Ujerumani kati ya nchi zilizoathirika zaidi.

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The ban on travel does not affect the UK since it is still in its Brexit transition phase and is still treated in many ways as an EU member.
She added that after June 15, lifting of the travel constrains should be implemented in a “phased and coordinated” way in order to prevent a second wave of epidemic.
The Commission called for “continued measures” to minimize the coronavirus spread and eventually stop the pandemic, and recommended to 30-day extension of the current EU travel ban.