EU advises further relaxing travel rules for foreigners

Tourists arrive at Barcelona airport in Spain (Emilio Morenatti/AP)

European Union member countries have agreed they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19.

The European Council is recommending that EU nations next month lift all testing and quarantine requirements for people who have received vaccines authorised in the EU or approved by the World Health Organisation.