Exempt people vaccinated against Covid from testing and quarantine, EU recommends

In a confident statement of the bloc's vaccine rollout, the EU's recommendations come ahead of the launch of the Digital EU Covid Certificate. 

International travel has been severely restricted across the European Union as members attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19. File picture. 

New European Commission recommendations in a bid to boost travel within the European Union (EU) this summer have proposed an exemption for quarantine and testing for people recently recovered from or fully vaccinated against Covid-19. 

The European Commission has also suggested EU member states exempt travellers with a negative Covid-19 test from quarantine requirements.