Fully vaccinated foreign travellers can start entering US from Nov 8: White House

ANI
16 Oct 2021, 02:03 GMT+10

Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): Foreign travellers, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, will be able to enter the US from November 8, the White House said on Friday.

Kevin Munoz, White House Press Secretary, said that this announcement applies to both international air travel and land travel.

"This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent," he further wrote in a tweet.

According to CNN, the step is expected to relax a number of bans that began to create problems for international travellers.

A White House official told CNN that further guidance on "very limited exceptions" to the requirements, along with what COVID-19 vaccines will be accepted and other operational details in advance of the November 8 date.

"Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has already informed airlines that all FDA approved and authorized vaccines, as well as all vaccines that have an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) from the WHO will be accepted for air travel. We anticipate the same will be true at the land border," the official said.

The same rules will also apply to non-essential travel at the American land borders and to visitors who arrive in the US by passenger ferry, reported CNN.

"These travellers are required to be prepared to attest to vaccination status and to present proof of vaccination to a CBP officer upon request," the official said, adding, "By January, foreign nationals travelling across the land border for both essential and non-essential reasons will be required to be fully vaccinated." (ANI)

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Breaking Property News.

More Information

26 ℃

Mostly Cloudy in Seletar

International Business

Section

Seaya, Cathay Innovation to fund Latin American startups

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: The venture capital firms, Spain's Seaya Ventures and France's Cathay Innovation, have established a joint fund aimed ...

New electric car factory in Beijing targets 300,000 cars annually

BEIJING, China: Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has signed a cooperation agreement to build an electric auto assembly plant in Beijing ...

New German government says workers should expect 25% pay increase

BERLIN, Germany: Almost 2 million workers in Germany, Europe's largest economy, are set for a major pay increase, as part ...

Ireland's Supermac's again turns to overseas workers to add staff

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland's Supermac's nationwide food chain has had to hire foreign workers to fill empty positions at its restaurants ...

Indian government tells citizens not to purchase Starlink internet

NEW DELHI, India: The Starlink Internet Services of Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company has been told by the Indian government ...

The Democrats celebrate a Biden victory that's worth two cents

With President Joe Biden less popular than ever, his staff and the Democrats seem so desperate that they resorted to ...

Construction

Section