Article is unclear if it's passport based or based on where you've been the last 14 days. The latter approach is more sensible and the former seems punitive and retaliatory more than anything.
I really wish this would get cleared up in the media. Surely this has to be based on recent travel history and not the passport, but that's not how it's being reported.
A few weeks ago there was news that Greece would open to tourists from China on July 1, but now they're (justifiably) saying there ought to be reciprocal opening as a prerequisite. Meanwhile no airlines are flying direct flights so it's not clear how tourists would get between the countries anyway. It's leaving travelers in really awkward situations because we can't really plan for anything.
I think the truth is most countries haven't finalized their policies yet, and that's why the reporting is so fuzzy. I suspect a lot of countries don't want to be the first to take the plunge.
In my opinion we should just reopen all the borders and enforce quarantine as the default case. For countries who want a fast track lane, they can keep waffling about how to do that, but just reopening everywhere with quarantines would at least get the travel industry moving again and give the world a framework to get things back to normal.
A few weeks ago there was news that Greece would open to tourists from China on July 1, but now they're (justifiably) saying there ought to be reciprocal opening as a prerequisite. Meanwhile no airlines are flying direct flights so it's not clear how tourists would get between the countries anyway. It's leaving travelers in really awkward situations because we can't really plan for anything.
I think the truth is most countries haven't finalized their policies yet, and that's why the reporting is so fuzzy. I suspect a lot of countries don't want to be the first to take the plunge.
In my opinion we should just reopen all the borders and enforce quarantine as the default case. For countries who want a fast track lane, they can keep waffling about how to do that, but just reopening everywhere with quarantines would at least get the travel industry moving again and give the world a framework to get things back to normal.