EU recommends restrictions on US travelers amid COVID-19 spike

The European Union recommended halting non-essential travel from the United States amid a rise in COVID-19 infections, a move that could be a blow to the region’s tourist industry.

The decision to reimpose restrictions comes amid a massive spike in infections in the U.S. due to the delta variant. Transmission is high nationwide, but the impacts are the worst in the largely unvaccinated regions of the country.