BREAKING NEWS: European Union REFUSES to open its borders to American travelers because soaring coronavirus means U.S. is not 'safe'

Americans travelers will be refused entry into the European Union for at least another two weeks due to soaring coronavirus infections in the U.S. 

The E.U. announced Tuesday that it will reopen its borders to travelers from 14 countries, excluding U.S. travelers further because of the recent worrying spike in cases. 

Travelers from other big countries like Russia, Brazil and India will also miss out.

Citizens of Algeria, Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia and Uruguay will now be allowed into the E.U.'s 27 member states, however.

They can also enter the four other nations in Europe's visa-free Schengen travel zone. 

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Not open to Americans: France, Germany, Italy and Spain and the other smaller members of the European Union are keeping a travel on on the 'unsafe' U.S. in place

The EU said China is 'subject to confirmation of reciprocity,' meaning it must lift all restrictions on European citizens entering China before it will allow Chinese citizens back in.

Countries considered for the safe list are also expected to lift any bans they might have in place on European travelers.

As Europe's economies reel from the impact of the coronavirus, southern E.U. countries like Greece, Italy and Spain are desperate to entice back sun-loving visitors and breathe life into their damaged tourism industries.

More than 15 million Americans are estimated to travel to Europe each year, while some 10 million Europeans head across the Atlantic.

Still, many people both inside and outside Europe remain wary of travel in the coronavirus era, given the unpredictability of the pandemic and the possibility of second waves of infection that could affect flights and hotel bookings. 

There are concerns in particular about U.S. travelers, where spike sin cases are causing for the rollback and slowdown of state reopenings.  

The daily number of new confirmed cases in the United States has surged over the past week. 

The U.S. has the world's worst coronavirus outbreak, with nearly 2.6 million people confirmed infected and over 126,000 dead, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that experts say understates the pandemic's true toll due to limited testing and other reasons.

In contrast, aside from a notable recent outbreak tied to a slaughterhouse in western Germany, the virus' spread has generally stabilized across much of continental Europe.

Countries now being allowed to enter the E.U. have seen a drastic decline in coronavirus cases and have managed to combat the spread within their own borders.  

Tens of thousands of travelers had a frantic, chaotic scramble in March to get home as the pandemic swept across the world and borders slammed shut.

E.U. envoys to Brussels have launched a written procedure which would see the list endorsed Tuesday as long as no objections are raised by member countries. 

The list is expected to contain up to 15 countries that have virus infection rates comparable to those in the EU.

Infection rates in Brazil, Russia and India are high too, and they are also unlikely to make the cut.

The countries would also have to lift any bans they might have on European travelers.

The list of permitted nations is to be updated every 14 days, with new countries being added or even dropping off depending on if they are keeping the disease under control.

In March, President Donald Trump suspended all people from Europe´s ID check-free travel zone from entering the U.S., making it unlikely now that U.S. citizens would qualify to enter the EU.

The EU imposed restrictions on non-essential travel to its 27 nations, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, which are part of the Schengen open-borders area, in March to halt the spread of the virus. 

Non-EU citizens who are already living in Europe are not included in the ban.

The EU list does not apply to travel to Britain, which left the EU in January. 

Britain now requires all incoming travelers - bar a few exceptions like truck drivers - to go into a self-imposed 14-day quarantine, although the measure is under review and is likely to ease in the coming weeks. 

The requirement also applies to U.K. citizens.