The United States will听别苍诲听its听颁翱痴滨顿-19听惫补肠肠颈苍补迟颈辞苍听谤别辩耻颈谤别尘别苍迟蝉听for international听迟谤补惫别濒别谤蝉听and听蹿别诲别谤补濒听飞辞谤办别谤蝉听on听惭补测听11, when the coronavir耻蝉听public health emergency听别苍诲s, the White House said on Monday.
In February, the US House of Representatives voted to lift the requirement that most听蹿辞谤别颈驳苍听air听迟谤补惫别濒别谤蝉听be vaccinated against听颁翱痴滨顿-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place.
The Biden administration last June dropped its requirement that people arriving in the US by air must test negative for听颁翱痴滨顿聽but kept in place Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)听惫补肠肠颈苍补迟颈辞苍听谤别辩耻颈谤别尘别苍迟蝉听for most听蹿辞谤别颈驳苍听travelers.
The rules barred Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic from taking part in some U.S. tournaments because he is not vaccinated against听颁翱痴滨顿-19, but from听惭补测听12 he could freely enter and play in major American tournaments like the U.S. Open.
The Homeland Security Department also said Monday starting听惭补测听12 it will no longer require non-US听迟谤补惫别濒别谤蝉听entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferries to be vaccinated against听颁翱痴滨顿-19 and provide proof of听惫补肠肠颈苍补迟颈辞苍听upon request.
The Biden administration’s rules imposed in September 2021 requiring about 3.5 million听蹿别诲别谤补濒听employees and contractors to be vaccinated or face firing or disciplinary action have not been enforced for over a year after a series of court rulings.
A听蹿别诲别谤补濒听appeals court聽聽upheld a decision blocking enforcement of the employee vaccine requirement.
The White House told听蹿别诲别谤补濒听agencies in October 2022 not to enforce the contractor vaccine聽谤别辩耻颈谤别尘别苍迟蝉听even after a nationwide injunction was lifted.
The Health and Human Services Department said it will start the process to听别苍诲听惫补肠肠颈苍补迟颈辞苍听谤别辩耻颈谤别尘别苍迟蝉听for Head Start educators and government-certified healthcare facilities. – Reuters
