U.S. to restrict travel from South Africa, 7 other countries as new Covid variant emerges – IOTW Report

U.S. to restrict travel from South Africa, 7 other countries as new Covid variant emerges

Unless they come through the border, right?

NBC: WASHINGTON — The United States will restrict travel for non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and seven other countries starting Monday, part of a global effort to stem the spread of the heavily mutated omicron variant of Covid-19, according to senior Biden administration officials.

In addition to South Africa, other countries included in the new restrictions are Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

There was no indication Friday of how long the bans will remain in place. President Joe Biden said in a statement that moving forward he will be “guided by what the science and my medical team advises.”

The decision came less than three weeks after the administration lifted pandemic travel restrictions on visitors from more than 30 countries, including South Africa in favor of vaccine requirements for international tourists. Malawi, Namibia, Mozambique were among the 51 countries the U.S. exempted from the vaccine requirement because of low availability there . more

4 Comments on U.S. to restrict travel from South Africa, 7 other countries as new Covid variant emerges

  1. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 — 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢, 𝘹𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺.

    — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 1, 2020

    No, Joey, you are.

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