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Overview of the international border which connects Brazil and Argentina, closed after decision of the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on March 18, 2020 in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. (File photo: AFP)

Foreign ministers from nine South American countries held talks Thursday to examine reopening borders in the region, closed for months over the coronavirus pandemic, Chile's Foreign Minister Andres Allamand said.

He said ministers from the nine-country Prosur bloc had formed a commission that will have 10 days to present measures on reopening borders.


"Chile will propose that this opening will require a passport and a negative swab test for Covid-19, but it is very important that the countries have coordinated and established concrete mechanisms," Allamand told reporters after the video-conference meeting.


The Forum for the Progress and Development of South America, or Prosur, was created in 2019 to promote economic integration and political coordination in the region.

Latin America has been severely affected by the virus, with more than 260,000 deaths and almost seven million infections, forcing most countries to shut their land borders.


"The evolution of the pandemic is changing. There are countries that are making advances, while there are others experiencing setbacks," said Allamand, whose country holds the bloc's rotating presidency.


"We will have to be particularly attentive that the reopening under no circumstances generates negative effects," he added.


With international air travel restricted in most of the region, countries such as Brazil and Chile maintain skeleton international services.


The commission will be made up of officials from the foreign and interior ministries of the Prosur countries.


It will also monitor progress on various coronavirus vaccines currently being developed and the possibility of purchasing them as a bloc once they become available.


Prosur is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.


Ukraine to reclose borders due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has decided to reclose the country's borders to foreign citizens until Sept. 28 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the press service of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers reported on Wednesday.

The ban on foreigners entering the country will come into effect at midnight on Aug. 29.


According to Minister of Internal Affairs Arsen Avakov, the ban will not apply to foreigners who have a residence permit, and who are members of international and humanitarian missions, drivers of freight vehicles or instructors of NATO member states.


A total of 110,085 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 2,354 deaths, have been registered in Ukraine as of Wednesday, while 53,454 patients have recovered.


Germany extends COVID-19 travel warning for more than 160 countries, regions

People wearing face masks sit on a bench at Berlin Central Train Station in Berlin, capital of Germany, on Aug. 6, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The German federal government has extended its travel warning for more than 160 non-European Union (EU) and non-Schengen area countries and regions due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic.

The travel warning, which also applies to the United Kingdom, would remain in effect until Sept. 14, according to the government. The previous travel warning is set to run out on Aug. 31.


The travel warnings currently in force apply to more than 160 countries and regions, but only slightly more than 130 of these have been classified as risk areas by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's public health agency.


Anyone entering Germany from a risk area must go into home quarantine and inform the responsible health authority, according to the German government.


Since the beginning of August, all persons entering Germany from a risk area also have to present a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of taking the test or be tested within 72 hours of arrival.


Test centers have been set up at airports and train stations and other easily accessible locations for tests across Germany. According to the German government, the tests for returning travelers are free of charge.


The German Travel Association (DRV) criticized the extension of the travel warning on Wednesday, calling it a "wrong signal."


"A recovery of the global economy will not be possible without travel," said DRV President Norbert Fiebig in a statement.


Source: AFP; Xinhua; https://peoplesdaily.pdnews.cn;



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