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Coronavirus pandemic: USA plans compulsory vaccination for foreign travelers

Status: 05.08.2021 02:57



The US wants to require proof of vaccination from foreign travelers. The move is part of the government’s efforts to gradually ease travel restrictions on foreign visitors. The White House did not provide a time frame.

The United States wants to require proof of a corona vaccination from all foreign travelers in the future. It was reported from circles of the White House that the first steps in this direction had already been taken. The requirement is part of the government’s efforts to gradually ease travel restrictions on foreign visitors, it said. A precise schedule has not yet been set.

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Inter-agency working groups are currently examining when and how normal travel could be resumed. It is understood that all foreign citizens entering the United States must be vaccinated against the coronavirus. There should be only a few exceptions.

Pressure to relax the restrictions

The US government of President Joe Biden has not yet relaxed travel restrictions for foreign visitors, citing the spread of the Delta variant of the virus. According to the regulations, people who are not in the US and have been in China, the European Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa and India in the previous 14 days are not allowed to enter the United States.

All arrivals, regardless of their vaccination status, must present a negative corona test, which was carried out within three days before entering the country by plane. Allied states, the aviation industry and families who are separated from their dependents because of the regulations, however, are pressing for at least some restrictions to be lifted.

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