Dutch ease EU COVID-19 travel restrictions, extend festival ban


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  • Monday, 26 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Closed gates and departure halls are seen, as Schiphol Airport reduces its flights due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands on Monday said it would ease COVID-19 restrictions to allow travel to all European Union countries, including several that had been off limits to Dutch vacationers due to high infection rates.

At the same time, authorities said they would extend a ban on multiple-day festivals, which were deemed too risky.

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