a minute agoCoronavius and travel: Can the idea of Spain save Europe's summer vacation?
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(6 years ago)With many countries now facilitating their hurdles at COVID-19, Europeans are again appearing with two same questions: Can we go on vacation this summer? And if so, where? Fear among governments, however, will be that people's growing movement will cause a new wave of infections. But [...]
But a study by Spain feels that a solution has been found. It wants all of Europe to plan its worst regions (red zones) and safer (green zones) affected by COVIDD-19 and people travel in accordance with circumstances.
Green Zones of various European countries
A policy proposal from Madrid's Esade Business School wants to “heighten the approach of green emissions at the European Union level”. “Ide is simple: Allowing movement of people among the green “ions” of various European countries through a network of regions certified by European institutions”, the study says.
The system would, for example, allow travel between southern Italy and southern France, or between Greece and Switzerland: as long as you come from a green European zone, you would be allowed to travel to another. The green national areas “are very good candidates for getting the green label from the EU,”, fellow author of the study, explained to Euronews researcher Miqueli Oliu Barton.
To get the green label, Oliu Barton said, a region must prove that the virus is under control: that the region's hospitals are not packed, that the rate of rising new infections is low and that tests are generalised.
The researcher suggested that highway exits may remain closed in red areas. The same thing should be applied to the train: coming from green areas, it should not stop at <x1) red “ ”,” he added. And at airports, it's relatively easy to check where someone comes from and where they want to go. ”
Another measure the study proposes is for travelers to present a residence permit as evidence that they come from a green area. (Euronews)
