The Council of the EU has updated the list of epidemiologically safe third-countries that are considered safe amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

From June 18, the EU’s list of epidemiologically safe third countries consist of the following:

Albania
Australia
Chinese regions of Hong Kong and Macao
Israel
Japan
Lebanon
New Zealand
Republic of North Macedonia
Rwanda
Serbia
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United States of America

The Council will continue to review the list every two weeks, in order to add more countries that meet the criteria to be part of the list and exclude those in which the COVID-19 situation deteriorates.