All international travelers coming into the US will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 starting in early November, White House says.
Angel Garcia / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileWASHINGTON — The Biden administration will require all international travelers coming into the United States to be fully vaccinated and tested forunder a new system that will open up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.
"We will move to this much stricter global system, so we will have a consistent approach across all countries, it will require foreign nationals to be vaccinated, to prove they're vaccinated, and then to go through the testing and contact tracing regiments," Zients said. The CDC will also require airlines to collect information for each U.S.-bound traveler, including their phone number and email address, to aid public health officials in contact tracing.
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