{"id":1057525,"date":"2021-11-26T14:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057525"},"modified":"2021-11-26T14:58:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T19:58:43","slug":"u-s-to-restrict-travel-from-8-african-countries-over-coronavirus-variant-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-restrict-travel-from-8-african-countries-over-coronavirus-variant-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to Restrict Travel from 8 African Countries over Coronavirus Variant Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-to-restrict-travel-from-8-african-countries-over-coronavirus-variant-fears%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1057525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tsa-surge-holiday-travelers-deadline-federal-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-upi-e1637955122638-639x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The U.S. will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/26\/omicron-covid-variant-us-to-restrict-travel-from-south-africa-7-other-nations.html\">restrict<\/a> travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries on Monday after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)&nbsp;labeled a new coronavirus strain a \u201cvariant of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will also restrict travel from the following African nations: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"17.086567164179\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW Starting Monday, the Biden administration will restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi. American citizens and lawful permanent residents will still be able to enter the U.S. but must show a negative COVID test<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KannoYoungs\/status\/1464309612358869006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/26\/omicron-covid-variant-us-to-restrict-travel-from-south-africa-7-other-nations.html\">CNBC<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16.226206896552\">\n[The] World Health Organization assigned the newly identified variant the Greek letter omicron and formally recognized the strain, previously referred to as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/25\/who-calls-special-meeting-to-discuss-new-covid-variant-from-south-africa-with-large-number-of-mutations.html\">lineage B.1.1.529<\/a>, as a \u201cvariant of concern<strong>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Health experts are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/26\/covid-variant-emerges-in-south-africa-heres-what-we-know-so-far.html\">deeply concerned<\/a>&nbsp;about the transmissibility of the omicron variant given that it has an unusual constellation of mutations and a profile that is different from other variants of concern. It is not clear how severe infections would be for vaccinated patients.<\/p>\n<p>It is feared a sharp upswing of Covid cases in South Africa\u2019s Gauteng province \u2014 where the heavily mutated strain of the virus was first identified \u2014 could mean it has greater potential to escape prior immunity than other variants.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden issued a statement addressing U.S.\u2019s decision to restrict travel, calling the move a \u201cprecautionary measure\u201d until additional information on the variant emerges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis morning I was briefed by my chief medical advisor, Dr. Tony Fauci, and the members of our COVID response team, about the Omicron variant, which is spreading through Southern Africa,\u201d Biden said in a statement. \u201cAs a precautionary measure until we have more information, I am ordering additional air travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries. These new restrictions will take effect on November 29. As we move forward, we will continue to be guided by what the science and my medical team advises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, I have two important messages for the American people, and one for the world community.First, for those Americans who are fully vaccinated against severe COVID illness \u2013 fortunately, for the vast majority of our adults \u2014 the best way to strengthen your protection is to get a booster shot, as soon as you are eligible,\u201d the president continued. \u201cBoosters are approved for all adults over 18, six months past their vaccination and are available at 80,000 locations coast-to-coast.&nbsp; They are safe, free, and convenient.&nbsp; Get your booster shot now, so you can have this additional protection during the holiday season.Second, for those not yet fully vaccinated: get vaccinated today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, I call on the nations gathering next week for the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting to meet the U.S. challenge to waive intellectual property protections for COVID vaccines, so these vaccines can be manufactured globally.&nbsp; I endorsed this position in April; this news today reiterates the importance of moving on this quickly,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u2019s decision to restrict travel from the African countries comes after similar comes by&nbsp;European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll air travel to these countries should be suspended until we have a clear understanding about the danger posed about this new variant and travelers returning from these regions should respect strict quarantine rules,\u201dEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. will restrict travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries on Monday after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)\u00a0labeled a new coronavirus strain a \u201cvariant of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1057525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1057525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1057525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1057525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1057525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1057525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}