The United States of America is all set to reopen to fully vaccinated travellers from November 8. Referring to this, Kevin Munoz, White House Assistant Press Secretary, in a tweet announced, “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8. This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel. This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent.”
Reportedly, fully vaccinated travellers from India, China, Britain, South Africa, Iran and Brazil, along with 26 European countries, including France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Greece would be allowed to travel to the United States from November 8.
As regarding COVID protocols to visit the US, those coming from the said countries would be required to show a proof of vaccination before boarding the flight, and they would also be required to submit a negative COVID-19 test. As per the reports, foreign visitors who are travelling by land would not be required to show proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test. Further, the CDC is planning to issue new rules regarding contact tracing for international air travellers.
As regarding the travel restrictions, The US government had imposed curbs on non-essential travel at land borders and air travel since March 2020 to prevent the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. Further restrictions on air travel had been in place for 33 countries, including India, China, Brazil and many European nations. The US Government on September 30 announced that they would be lifting restrictions on air travellers from 33 countries, including India and China in November, however, during that time, a date was not mentioned.
