EU Countries Agree to Admit Travelers Vaccinated With WHO-Approved Shots

EU flags flutter in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, on Oct. 2, 2019. Yves Herman/Reuters

BRUSSELS—European Union countries agreed on Tuesday to open their borders to travelers from outside the bloc who have had shots against COVID-19 authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), easing restrictions on those who received Indian and Chinese vaccines.

The EU has so far authorized vaccines produced by Pfizer-BionTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca (when produced in Europe), Johnson & Johnson, and Novavax.