Americans who have been cooped up at home, dreaming of vacations, are excited to explore the world again armed with the inoculations that are rolling out here. But becoming fully vaccinated does not equate to a green light for international travel, given the varying speed of vaccinations across the world and a relatively slow rollout in Europe, long a magnet for Americans.
As of March 9, only 2.5% of the population in the European Union had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, while 9.6% in the United States had, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Any American adult should be able to get vaccinated by the end of May, President Joe Biden told the nation recently. The E.U. timeline suggests that 70% of its adult population will be vaccinated by the end of summer.
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