No foreign visitors to the U.S. are urged to quarantine after arriving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as part of new COVID-19 travel guidance published this week by the agency.
that non-citizen international travelers prove they are fully vaccinated before flying into the country, with"only limited exceptions."
A similar requirement imposed by the Department of Homeland Security remains in place indefinitely for people crossingThe recommendation is among the few places on the CDC's website where the agency still mentions the"fully vaccinated" threshold, which amounts to two doses of the Novavax, Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine.
Instead, the CDC has largely moved elsewhere in its guidance to urge Americans to"stay up to date" with their COVID-19 vaccinations, which forso far includes up to four doses – and may soon include a fifth, once federal health authorities sign off on the updated booster shots for this fall. The Biden administration's vaccination requirements on visitors from abroad have continued to be enforced since it was first levied last year, including recentlyCritics of the rules, including
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