EU’s Valean: Will present safe reopening of air travel next month
|The European Union (EU) Transport Commissioner Adina Valean tweeted out on Wednesday, noting that the European Commission will roll out a set of rules for the safe reopening of air travel when coronavirus lockdowns end next month.
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Measures under consideration would include the wearing of masks and disinfection of planes and airports.
All this should be part of those guidelines and probably by mid-May we can put forward this strategy we are working on.
It was impossible to say when the industry could resume operations but noted that she expected social-distancing requirements to remain in place for as long as there is no COVID-19 treatment or vaccine.
We expect the crisis to stay with us and the virus to stay with us.
EUR/USD defends 1.0800
The shared currency failed to cheer the upbeat news, as EUR/USD remains at the mercy of the dollar dynamics while markets await the outcome of the EU leaders’ summit, likely over the coronavirus recovery fund.
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