{"id":1078439,"date":"2021-12-02T22:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078439"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:13:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:13:35","slug":"bidens-plan-to-fight-covid-19-through-winter-includes-stricter-rules-for-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-plan-to-fight-covid-19-through-winter-includes-stricter-rules-for-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Plan To Fight COVID-19 Through Winter Includes Stricter Rules For Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbidens-plan-to-fight-covid-19-through-winter-includes-stricter-rules-for-travelers%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=1078439&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:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/unnamed-1-e1638499100730.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s new COVID-19 plan for the winter includes tighter rules for travel and free at-home tests, he explained Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Biden was expected to announce his multi-step plan to combat COVID-19 this week, and the move comes as the new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/29\/joe-biden-omicron-not-cause-for-panic-defends-travel-restrictions\/\">Omicron<\/a> variant continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/first-known-case-omicron-identified-california-cdc\/\">spread<\/a> across the U.S. One of the more notable changes is the stricter requirements for travelers entering the country. Now, anyone \u2013 regardless of vaccination status or citizenship \u2013 must take a COVID-19 test within one day of departing for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA month ago we announced requirements that foreign travelers must be vaccinated if entering the United States,\u201d Biden said during remarks at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday. \u201cThis week, I announced an additional action to strengthen international travels to give us more time to stop the spread and study a new variant. It used to be that international travelers flying to the United States travel &nbsp;had to test negatively three days before their departure from that country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m announcing today that all inbound international travelers must test within one day of departure, regardless of their vaccination status or nationality. This type of testing timetable provides an added degree of protection as scientists continue to study the Omicron variant,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This requirement will take effect for any flight departing after 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday, Dec. 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1466544068444442628?s=20\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Biden also announced that the masking requirement for airplanes, trains and other forms of public transportation will be extended through March 18, 2022. Additionally, the president said that private health insurance companies now need to cover the cost of at-home tests, although details of this portion of the president\u2019s plan are still being sorted out.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/joe-biden-administration-weighing-stricter-testing-requirements-self-quarantine-us-travelers\/\">reportedly<\/a> considering even stricter requirements for travel, including a self-quarantine period for anyone, regardless of vaccination status. Ultimately, the president\u2019s plan only included more stringent COVID-19 testing.<\/p>\n<p>As the new Omicron variant spreads around the world, it\u2019s still not yet known how evasive it may be to vaccines and how bad symptoms are. Biden has pushed for fully vaccinated Americans to get the booster and for unvaccinated individuals to get the shot amid the new variant. He reiterated this push on Thursday and touted the number of Americans already vaccinated against the coronavirus as well as the fact that the shot is now available for children aged five and older.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion,\u201d Biden declared.<\/p>\n<p>A senior administration official told reporters Wednesday evening that the tightened testing requirements are intended to \u201chelp catch more cases.\u201d The official said \u201cnow is the right time to do it\u201d and said the actions can be implemented \u201cvery quickly.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/joe-biden-wear-mask-get-coronavirus-vaccine\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;\u2018The Choice Is Yours\u2019: In Line With CDC\u2019s Mask Guidance, Biden Gives Americans An Ultimatum On Vaccines)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another portion of the president\u2019s winter COVID-19 plan is a continued push towards having businesses follow his previously-announced rule of mandating vaccines for employees or testing weekly. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) suspended its enforcement and implementation of this rule earlier in December amid a court order, but the Biden administration has continued to urge businesses to comply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking businesses to step forward and do what\u2019s right to protect our workers, our communities \u2014 to put in place some sort of vaccination requirement or testing requirements for the workplace,\u201d a senior administration official told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Biden echoed this sentiment on Thursday, telling the nation that his \u201cplan does not expand or add to those mandates\u201d and commenting that the fight against COVID-19 should \u201cunite us not continue to separate us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s new COVID-19 plan for the winter includes tighter rules for travel and free at-home tests, he explained Thursday.Biden was expected to announce his multi-step plan to combat &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"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-1078439","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\/1078439","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\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078439\/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=1078439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}