The US will settle for the use by worldwide guests of COVID-19 vaccines licensed by U.S. regulators or the World Well being Group, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated late on Friday.
On Sept. 20, the White Home introduced the USA in November would carry journey restrictions on air vacationers from 33 international locations together with China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who’re absolutely vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19. It didn’t specify then which vaccines could be accepted.
A CDC spokeswoman advised Reuters Friday, “Six vaccines which can be FDA licensed/authorized or listed for emergency use by WHO will meet the factors for journey to the U.S.”
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Late on Friday, the CDC stated that “earlier this week, to assist them put together their programs we knowledgeable airways” of the vaccines that might be accepted and added “CDC will launch extra steering and data because the journey necessities are finalized.”
Airways for America, a commerce group representing American Airways Co, Delta Air Strains, United Airways and others, stated it was “happy by the CDC’s choice to approve a listing of licensed vaccinations for vacationers coming into the U.S. We sit up for working with the administration to implement this new international vaccine and testing framework by early November 2021.”
Some international locations had pressed the Biden administration to simply accept WHO-approved vaccines, for the reason that U.S. Meals and Drug Administration licensed vaccines will not be broadly utilized in all international locations.
The US will admit absolutely vaccinated air vacationers from the 26 so-called Schengen international locations in Europe in addition to Britain, Eire, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil. The unprecedented U.S. restrictions have barred most non-U.S. residents who had been in these international locations inside the previous 14 days.
The brand new COVID-19 vaccine necessities will now apply to almost all overseas nationals flying to the USA — together with these not topic to the prior restrictions.
The CDC should nonetheless finalize and publish new contract tracing guidelines for worldwide guests, which it despatched to the White Home for evaluation on Sept. 15.
The CDC should additionally element guidelines for exceptions, which embrace youngsters not but eligible for photographs, in addition to for guests from international locations the place vaccines will not be broadly accessible. The administration should additionally determine whether or not to confess guests a part of COVID-19 scientific trials or have just lately contracted COVID-19 and will not be but eligible for vaccination. (Reporting by David Shepardson; Enhancing by Leslie Adler and David Gregorio)
