The European Union is set to reopen borders among its members countries by the first of July. They closed in March in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. EU plans to reopen to the wider world, however, are under discussion right now in Brussels. As of now, Americans are likely to remain barred from entry because of the growing coronavirus infection rate in the United States. On June 11, the European Commission said travel restrictions should not be lifted for countries where the spread of the coronavirus is worse than the average EU member plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. In the U.S., new coronavirus infections have risen to the highest level in two months, based on numbers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.