The White House has said it will lift Covid-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals from 8 November, ending historic restrictions that barred much of the world from the United States.
Restrictions on non-US citizens were first imposed on air travellers from China in January 2020 by then-president Donald Trump and extended to dozens of other countries, without any clear metrics for how and when to lift them.
Curbs on non-essential travellers at land borders with Mexico and Canada have been in place since March 2020 to address the pandemic.
The restrictions have barred travellers from most of the world, including tens of thousands of foreign nationals with relatives or business links in the United States.