The Biden administration will announce on Monday that those from the European Union or the United Kingdom who have received both vaccinations will be able to enter the United States from November. financial times. According to experts, this is a serious diplomatic victory for Brussels and London.
This measure will end the eighteen-month entry ban imposed by former President Donald Trump at the start of the pandemic.
The discount also applies to those who have participated in clinical trials of vaccines that have not yet been standardized in the UK. It can affect about forty thousand people.
One White House source added in the paper that the scale is part of a broader framework. In this, the government wants to link entry to vaccinations rather than the current system, which is based on restricting and banning entry from some countries.
Travel ban lifted!
Europeans who are vaccinated and tested before travel will again be able to travel to the United States from November, just as vaccinated Americans are now allowed to travel to the European Union. https://t.co/XPwtvlMBWw…
– Ambassador Stavros Lamprinides 🇪🇺 (EUAmbUS) September 20 2021
Under current regulations, only US citizens, their immediate family members, work permit (green card) holders and exempt persons of national interest if they have visited the UK or the EU in the past 14 days are allowed to enter the US.
I am glad that as of November, POTUS Travel back across the Atlantic so fully vaccinated UK citizens can visit the USA.
It’s a great boost for business and commerce, and it’s great that family and friends on both sides of the pond can be reunited again.
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– Boris Johnson September 20 2021