日本からの渡航、原則受け入れず　ＥＵ―コロナ拡大で例外扱い見直し

　【ブリュッセル時事】欧州連合（ＥＵ）は２８日、日本での新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を踏まえ、日本からの渡航を原則受け入れないことを決めた。ＥＵは感染抑制のため第三国から域内への不要不急の渡航を禁じる措置を講じており、今回、例外扱いする国のリストから日本を除いた。
　リストに拘束力はなく、自国への渡航を受け入れるかはどうかはＥＵ加盟国など欧州３０カ国が個別に判断する。一部の国はこれまで、日本からの観光客なども受け入れていたが、今後は不要不急の渡航は全面的に禁じられる。（2021/01/29-10:48）

The European Union on Thursday decided not to accept travelers from Japan in principle in response to the spread of novel coronavirus infection cases in the Asian country.
   Japan was excluded from the EU's list of countries that are treated as exceptions to the temporary restrictions on nonessential travel into the EU.
   As the list is not binding, 30 European countries, including EU member nations, will individually decide whether to allow travelers from third countries to enter their countries.
   Although some European countries had accepted tourists and other travelers from Japan, nonessential travel from Japan will now be banned entirely.
   The EU introduced the travel restrictions in March 2020 to curb the viral spread. At the end of June in the same year, it adopted the list of third countries for which EU members are recommended to lift the ban. The list has been reviewed to reflect the up-to-date infection situation in each country.