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British holidaymakers could be banned from entering the EU after Brexit under strict coronavirus travel rules that affect non-EU countries - unless officials grant a last-minute exemption.<br>The UK and Europe are in the process of trying to hammer out a Brexit trade deal that will apply after January 31st, but hopes of a deal are dampened today after Boris Johnson returned from Brussels last night with 'significant differences' remaining.<br>However any deal may still not include coronavirus travel rules, which allow non-essential travel into the EU from just a handful of third-party countries where infection rates are very low, such as Australia and New Zealand.<br>Despite the UK having lower infection rates than 18 of the 27 EU member states,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html kynghidongduong.vn] officials say there are currently 'no plans' to add Britain to the 'safe' list, which is reviewed every two weeks.<br>Currently the EU advises against non-essential travel within the bloc, but most citizens can still travel freely between the 27 member countries despite the coronavirus pandemic.<br>And Britain would not automatically be exempt from the third-party country rules even if Boris Johnson were to strike an 11th hour deal with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels this week.<br>Von der Leyen pushed the button on the EU's no deal Brexit plans today as she urged increasingly panicky member states not to do 'side deals' with the UK.<br>Arriving for a European summit in Brussels, the commission president warned the situation was 'difficult' and insisted leaders would discuss the situation later, after a 'final' deadline of Sunday was set to come up with a way of settling the disputes over level playing field provisions, fishing rights and enforcement.<br>The comments came as the EU published contingency plans, with what appeared to be an offer to smooth disruption to freight and air travel in return for [https://twitter.com/search?q=ongoing%20access&src=typd ongoing access] to UK waters.<br>Brexiteers accused Ursula von der Leyen of trying to 'blackmail' the EU today as she pushed the button on the EU's no deal plans - and urged increasingly panicky member states not to do 'side deals' with the UK<br>But Tory MP David Jones, one of the heads of the influential Eurosceptic ERG group, said: 'This just shows how desperate they are doesn't it.<br><br>It's clear they are desperate to do a deal.<br>'All they need to do is treat us like any other third countries they have deals with.'<br>The former minister added: 'I'm pretty sure the response the Prime Minister will give is that this country does not buckle in the face of intimidation, threats and blackmail.<br>That's not how we do business.'<br>       British tourists could be banned from travelling to the EU from January 1 under strict coronavirus rules, despite the UK having an infection rate that is below many EU member states (pictured above, Covid infection rate per 100,000 people based on December 9 data)<br>         The UK also has a lower death rate from the virus than many other major European countries and tourist destinations, including the likes of Italy,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour hồ ba bể] France and Portugal<br>       To qualify for the list, countries must have an infection rate that is equal to or below the EU average on June 15 when cases were very low.<br><br>Currently,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-noi-bac-kan-ho-ba-be-cao-bang-hang-pac-bo-thac-ban-gioc.html tour thác bản giốc] the list includes the likes of Australia and New Zealand, which have rates far below that UK (above)<br><div class="art-ins mol-factbox news halfRHS" data-version="2" id="mol-dceb3720-3ae0-11eb-97a9-b92e891606b8" website tourists could be banned from EU after Brexit under Covid rules