Monrovia, July 10 -- As countries begin reopening their international borders despite a new spike in coronavirus cases, the European Union has temporarily lifted restrictions on non-essential travel into EU countries but Liberia, which has just over 500 active COVID-19 cases, is excluded.

Report by Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, alpha.senkpeni@frontpageafricaonline.com

In a June 30 press release, the EU said the list will be reviewed and updated every two weeks.

Algeria (with 17,808 confirmed cases), Morocco (14,771), Tunisia (1,221) and Rwanda (1,191) are the four African countries that made the list.

They are joined by Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, and Uruguay as countries where none-EU citi...