{"id":795261,"date":"2021-09-20T15:29:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=795261"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:29:38","slug":"u-s-relaxes-covid-19-travel-restrictions-for-fully-vaccinated-foreign-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-relaxes-covid-19-travel-restrictions-for-fully-vaccinated-foreign-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Relaxes COVID-19 Travel Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated Foreign Passengers"},"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\">20<\/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-relaxes-covid-19-travel-restrictions-for-fully-vaccinated-foreign-passengers%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=795261&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\/09\/GettyImages-2395762-e1632164129822.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>After almost two years of strict travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has announced that vaccinated people from the United Kingdom and the European Union will be permitted to enter the United States from November onwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Those traveling to the U.S. will be allowed entry if they both fully vaccinated and undergo COVID-19 testing and so-called \u201ccontact tracing.\u201d They will not be required to quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This decision comes after months of pressure from European allies. Prime Minister of the U.K., Boris Johnson, celebrated the news, saying he was \u201cdelighted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am delighted that from November, [President Biden] is reinstating transatlantic travel so fully vaccinated UK nationals can visit the USA,\u201d Johnson tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic boost for business and trade, and great that family and friends on both sides of the pond can be reunited once again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am delighted that from November, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> is reinstating transatlantic travel so fully vaccinated UK nationals can visit the USA.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a fantastic boost for business and trade, and great that family and friends on both sides of the pond can be reunited once again.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbVccvEdrm\">pic.twitter.com\/qbVccvEdrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1439970018477891585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-58628491\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span>, there will be some exceptions to this new policy, such as for children who are not eligible to be vaccinated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients announced the new rules and did not specify whether only U.S.-approved vaccines would be accepted. He added that the new rules would come into effect in early November, giving agencies and airlines \u201ctime to prepare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue a contact tracing order requiring airlines to collect information from US-bound travelers, including a phone number and email address, to alert travelers of potential exposure,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/20\/politics\/biden-administration-international-travel-restrictions\/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=2021-09-20T14%3A52%3A09&amp;utm_source=twCNNp\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span> explained. \u201cAirlines will be required to keep contact tracing information for 30 days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis will enable CDC and state and local public health officials to follow up with inbound travelers and those around them if someone has potentially been exposed to Covid-19 and other pathogens,\u201d Zients said. He also noted that this tracing requirement would be used more broadly in the future in order to protect \u201cagainst any future public health threats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/572994-biden-administration-easing-travel-restrictions-for-vaccinated-foreign\"><span>The Hill<\/span><\/a><span> reported, \u200b\u200bZients said the protocols will \u201cprotect Americans here at home, and enhance the safety of the international air travel system.\u201d He also said that vaccination rates on an international scale made this new policy possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday nearly 6 billion shots have been administered globally and dozens of countries have strong vaccination rates. Vaccines continue to show that they\u2019re highly effective, including against the delta variant,\u201d Zients said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018Today\u2019s travel announcement is great news for families and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic. We are grateful the US has recognized the progress the UK has made against COVID-19, including high vaccination rates and declining cases. This decision means that more Brits can reunite with loved ones in the United States, more British holidaymakers can spend their hard-earned pounds in the American tourism sector, and more business activity can boost both of our economies,\u2019 said the British ambassador to the U.S., Karen Pierce, in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10009319\/US-travel-ban-lifted-November.html\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After almost two years of strict travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration has announced that vaccinated people from the United Kingdom and the European Union will &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795261","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\/795261","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795261\/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=795261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}