WASHINGTON - The United States will end its Covid-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said on Monday (May 1). In February, the US House of Representatives voted to lift the requirement that most foreign air travellers be vaccinated against Covid-19, one of the few...
A health worker passes by the area where people get vaccine at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Dec 15, 2020.WASHINGTON - The United States will end its Covid-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers and federal workers on May 11, when the coronavirus public health emergency ends, the White House said on Monday .
The Biden administration last June dropped its requirement that people arriving in the US by air must test negative for Covid but kept in place Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccination requirements for most foreign travellers. The Homeland Security Department also said Monday starting May 12 it will no longer require non-US travellers entering the United States via land ports of entry and ferries to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and provide proof of vaccination upon request.The Biden administration's rules imposed in September 2021 requiring about 3.
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