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Naomi O’Leary from irishtimes said that All travellers leaving Ireland for other EU states should have a negative Covid-19 test before departure, and go into quarantine on arrival as well, under new proposals laid out by the European Commission.
All non-essential travel is “strongly discouraged” under the proposals, which come amid rising pressure from EU national governments to clamp down on travel within the bloc.
Belgium has banned tourism and Germany warned it could close its borders unless tougher joint restrictions are agreed, due to alarm over the potential for new variants of Covid-19 to worsen a fresh wave of infections on the continent and render vaccines less effective.
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