It will take months not weeks for Covid-19 restrictions to be lifted and travel around the European Union to return to normal, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday.

Ireland is part of a Common Travel Area with the United Kingdom but not a member of the European Union’s Schengen free travel area. The country is considering strengthening public health requirements for visitors from abroad, Varadkar told parliament.

“While it is our policy to resume normal travel for business, leisure, study and visits to friends and relatives (around the EU) as soon as it is safe to do so… it will be months, not weeks before this is possible,” Reuters quoted the PM as saying.

Source: RT