Mr. Filip Cornelis:

One of the differences between the Commission proposal and the final result is that we had included a recommendation that, where possible, testing should be preferred over quarantining. This recommendation is no longer in the document, at least not in a clear way. We are seeing quite often that on the one hand, the medical experts such as the ECDC are advising isolation or quarantine as a measure to be taken for symptomatic passengers or confirmed cases, or close contacts of such cases. On the other hand, in a number of countries quarantine and testing is applied to all travellers, so there is a gap between the medical advice and the reality of the measures that are taken. We hope the development of a testing protocol that will be supported by the medical authorities, the ECDC and hopefully the Health Security Committee, where member states are discussing these matters, will help us to develop a system that will be safe in terms of public health but will favour the possibility to travel. As I have said, a general quarantine on all travellers tends to defeat the purpose of most travel.

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