The United States will allow all international air passengers to enter the country after vaccination

Original title: the United States will allow all international air passengers to enter the country after vaccination, and the approved vaccine types need to be confirmed by the United States disease control

Source: Vision China
Reporter Tian Siqi
The White House said on Monday (September 20) that the United States would relax the entry restrictions on all vaccinated air passengers in November, reversing a major epidemic prevention and control strategy during the trump administration. After the US Centers for Disease Control and prevention has identified acceptable vaccines, air passengers from Chinese mainland, India, Brazil and most European countries are expected to fly directly to the United States.
In January 2020, when President Trump began to restrict the Chinese mainland non US citizen travellers on the grounds of COVID-19, then extended to dozens of other countries, when the US government did not give the criteria and procedures to lift the restrictions.
Meanwhile, during the period of COVID-19, the United States still allowed foreign visitors in more than 150 other countries and regions. Critics say that this border control policy is of little significance, because some countries with serious outbreaks are not on the restricted list, and some restricted countries have better controlled the epidemic.
The White House COVID-19 responded to the decision by coordinator Jeff Zientz (Jeff Zients), saying that all foreign passengers flying to the United States need to produce proof of vaccination before registration, and that the test results of COVID-19 completed within three days before take-off are negative.
The Biden administration also tightened the requirements for unvaccinated U.S. citizens to enter the United States. These citizens must be tested one day before returning to the United States and after entering the country.
The above measures do not apply to people entering the United States by land from Mexico and Canada. On Monday, the United States extended the unnecessary travel restrictions on the border between Canada and Mexico to October 21.
When asked which vaccines can be approved by foreign air passengers, the CDC temporarily quoted the previous guidance on Monday, that is, the vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the World Health Organization, but pointed out that the vaccines approved by the two agencies may change in the future.
At present, the FDA of the United States has approved Pfizer, Modena and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. In addition to the above three vaccines, who has also approved Kexing, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca and covidshield vaccines in India.
White House spokesman pasaki said Monday that the decision to relax restrictions was not based on diplomatic considerations. "If we want to make things easier, we will finish it before the president's first overseas visit in June or earlier this summer... We are based on science," she said
The American Chamber of Commerce praised the U.S. decision to relax restrictions, saying it would help promote a "strong and lasting recovery" of the U.S. economy.
American Airlines, an industry organization, said that the international tourist flow in the United States in August this year was 46% of that in August 2019, and the number of non-U.S. citizens entering the country was only 36% of that in 2019. The American tourism association previously estimated that if the U.S. border restrictions continue until the end of this year, it will cause a cumulative loss of $325 billion to the U.S. economy.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the news "has greatly promoted the development of Commerce and trade, and I am glad that families and friends on both sides of the Atlantic can reunite again." German ambassador to the United States Emily Harper said on twitter that it is very important to promote people-to-people contacts and transatlantic business.
Affected by the news, the shares of some European airlines rose. IAG, the parent company of British airlines, rose 11.2%, and Air France KLM and Lufthansa closed up more than 5%.