EU countries expected to agree 9-month duration of COVID pass - sources

FILE PHOTO: Tourists and locals watch the sunset by La Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain, October 3, 2021.REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are expected to agree to limit to nine months the duration of COVID-19 certificates for travel, two EU sources told Reuters, as talks continue about restrictions for inbound travellers from outside the bloc.

The EU executive commission proposed in November a nine-month validity limit for COVID-19 passes from the completion of the primary vaccine doses. If applied, EU citizens wanting to travel freely next summer across the bloc would need a booster shot.