The Biden administration announced Monday that it is lifting restrictions on vaccinated foreign travelers.
The new policy will take effect in early November.
“With science and public health as our guide, we have developed a new international air travel system that both enhances the safety of Americans here at home and enhances the safety of international air travel,” White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters. “Foreign nationals flying to the U.S. will be required to be fully vaccinated.”
Foreign travelers will be required to provide proof of vaccination, as well as a negative coronavirus test within three days prior to departure to the U.S.
Currently, most non-American citizens are barred from entering the U.S. if they have passed through the U.K. or EU nations within the past 14 days, in what is an effective ban on travel from Europe to the U.S. Similar restrictions on travel from India, China, and other nations are also in place.
The restrictions were initially implemented by the Trump administration in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, and the Biden administration expanded the restriction to include India in April due to concerns of the spread of the Delta variant.
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