Fully vaccinated foreigners can travel to US next month, official says

WASHINGTON — The Biden medication is expected to denote Friday that it volition assistance question restrictions connected Nov. 8 for afloat vaccinated individuals arriving successful the U.S. by aerial question oregon by crossing onshore borders, according to a White House official.

Foreign nationals volition beryllium capable to question to the U.S. if they amusement impervious of vaccination and a antagonistic COVID-19 trial taken wrong 3 days of travel. The argumentation alteration was announced successful September, but the White House is announcing Friday the day erstwhile it volition instrumentality effect.

The White House announced earlier this week it would assistance restrictions connected afloat vaccinated overseas nationals for non-essential question astatine U.S. onshore borders and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico successful aboriginal November. Land and ferry travelers volition beryllium required to contiguous impervious of vaccination to officials upon request.

The official, who was granted anonymity to talk connected a argumentation that had not yet been publically announced, said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has informed airlines that each FDA-approved and authorized vaccines, arsenic good arsenic those that person an Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization, are acceptable. The CDC plans to contented guidelines connected acceptable impervious of vaccination successful the coming weeks.