The USA lifts travel bans for vaccinated people from the EU from November

The USA lifts travel bans for vaccinated people from the EU from November

There has been an extensive entry ban in the USA since the beginning of 2020. From November, Europeans and British should be allowed to come back into the country from November, as the White House announced.

The US wants to lift the entry restrictions from the European Union and Great Britain for vaccinated people soon. This was initially reported by the US media. According to the AFP news agency, the White House confirmed the easing plans. Fully vaccinated foreigners should be allowed to re-enter from “early November”, said the Corona coordinator of the White House, Jeffrey Zients, on Monday.

The extensive entry ban was imposed by the then US President Donald Trump at the beginning of the corona pandemic in early 2020 and has so far been maintained by his successor Joe Biden. From the travel industry, among others, a relaxation has long been called for, at least for travelers vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The US government stuck to travel restrictions because of the Delta variant

The previous travel restrictions state that only US citizens and holders of a green card as well as their family members are allowed to enter the USA if they have been in the EU or Great Britain in the past 14 days. All others need special permission.

Corona restrictions: Vaccinated persons from the EU and Great Britain will soon be able to enter the USA again

The EU had already asked the member states in the summer to gradually lift restrictions on travelers from the USA and several other countries. Germany then allowed entries from the USA, among others, “for all permissible purposes of residence, including tourism”. However, the US government stuck to the restrictions in July, citing the more contagious Delta variant.

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