WASHINGTON : The Biden administration is easing a series of Covid-19 travel bans and will now require foreign nationals seeking to fly to the U.S.
to show proof of vaccination under new rules set to go into effect later this year, U.S. officials said. The new restrictions would replace a series of travel bans imposed during the Trump administration that limit travel into the U.S.
from Europe and China, which were later expanded to include Brazil and South Africa. President Biden has been under pressure from European politicians and major airlines to lift the restrictions.
Foreign nationals will also be required to show a negative test for Covid-19 taken within three days of departure to the U.S.—a continuation of the current rules, the