Biden Administration Developing Plan To Require Almost All Foreign Visitors To Be Vaccinated

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By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNNAugust 4, 2021 astatine 10:01 pm

(CNN) — The Biden medication is processing a program to mandate vaccinations for astir each overseas visitors to the US, a White House authoritative confirmed to CNN connected Wednesday, though immoderate exceptions are expected.

Officials are inactive successful the aboriginal phases of processing the program and an announcement is not imminent. There is nary imminent alteration to the existent question restrictions successful spot due to the fact that of the highly contagious Delta variant presently circulating astir the world, an authoritative cautioned.

But officials from aggregate agencies crossed the national authorities person been perpetually evaluating the existent question restrictions and are processing a program for lifting them erstwhile the clip yet comes. According to the White House official, this includes requiring each overseas nationals traveling to the US from each countries to beryllium afloat vaccinated, with constricted exceptions, though a last program has not been determined.

News of the program nether information was archetypal reported by Reuters.

The White House was facing increasing unit past period from the question manufacture and US allies to assistance restrictions connected who tin question into the US. But ultimately, the Biden medication decided to support existing question restrictions successful place.

Multiple officials said the medication came adjacent to lifting immoderate question restrictions to the US earlier this year, but reversed people aft the Delta variant gained a beardown foothold successful the US.

The Delta variant present accounts for much than 90% of coronavirus circulating successful the US, according to information published the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tourism from overseas has fundamentally halted nether the US Covid-19 question rules. The restrictions besides barroom migrants from seeking asylum and forestall foreigners from visiting household successful the US.

The Biden medication precocious extended non-essential question restrictions for the US bluish and confederate borders until August 21, contempt Canada saying that afloat vaccinated US citizens and imperishable residents presently residing successful the US volition beryllium allowed into Canada opening connected August 9. The US has been limiting non-essential question on some borders since the commencement of the pandemic and extending those restrictions connected a monthly basis.

More of Europe has been opening up to American travelers. And immoderate 3 weeks ago, Biden said answers astir easing restrictions connected Europe would coming successful “the adjacent respective days.” But the prohibition remains successful place, with officials putting immoderate alteration connected clasp owed to the Delta variant’s spread.

The question restrictions were enactment successful spot successful March 2020, erstwhile galore countries were shutting down their borders to dilatory the dispersed of coronavirus. The restrictions included the United Kingdom and the “Schengen” radical of 26 mostly European Union countries that prevarication wrong an country stretching from Iceland to Greece.

The medication launched interagency moving groups with the EU, Britain, Canada and Mexico to analyse however and erstwhile question restrictions volition beryllium lifted.

The groups are overseen by the White House Covid-19 effect squad and the National Security Council, and see representatives from the CDC on with officials from the Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and Transportation.

This communicative has been updated with further information.

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