The administration imposed the ban as a way to “buy time” before the variant was detected in the U.S.
Munoz said the change was recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and said the temporary ban “gave us time to understand omicron.”, which first reported the travel ban would be lifted, the policy “has served its purpose” and was meant “to reduce the number of cases coming in” rather than keep omicron out entirely.on November 29, applied to most non-U.S. citizens traveling from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
Friday. “Second, with Omicron now present across the US and globally, international travelers from these countries will not have a significant impact on US cases.”73%. That’s the percentage of new Covid-19 cases in the U.S. last week that were linked to the omicron variant, according to the
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