Merkel and Macron urge EU coordination on reopening borders

(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, June 18 (Petra)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron called on Friday for European Union countries to coordinate their COVID-19 border reopening policies and guard against new variants of the virus.Macron said EU countries must be careful not to allow new variants to spread, adding that the EU was watching developments in Britain, which has seen a steep rise in the weekly reported cases of the Delta variant. //Petra// 18/06/2021 22:20:18MENAFN18062021000117011021ID1102305723