The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday suggested Americans in opposition to journey to France, Jordan, Portugal, and Tanzania, citing Covid-19 considerations.
The CDC now lists 83 locations at “Level 4: Very High” classification and likewise on Monday added Andorra, Cyprus and Liechtenstein to the very best journey advisory degree.
France stated Monday it could shut nightclubs forward of Christmas and tighten social distancing measures in response to the emergent Omicron variant of the coronavirus, however that there was no want for brand spanking new lockdowns or curfews. Prime Minister Jean Castex stated a fifth wave of the pandemic was surging, however with 52 million individuals now vaccinated — almost 90% of these eligible — the state of affairs was higher than in earlier outbreaks.
The United States imposed new guidelines, efficient Monday, requiring worldwide air vacationers arriving within the United States to acquire a unfavourable Covid-19 check inside sooner or later of journey. Under the prior guidelines, vaccinated worldwide air travellers might current a unfavourable check consequence obtained inside three days of their day of departure. Some airline officers instructed Reuters there’s a three-day grace interval to permit for some vacationers to return to the United States with exams taken outdoors of the one-day window.
A CDC spokeswoman declined to verify that however stated “CDC is exercising some enforcement discretion as this requirement is put in place.”
Effective Nov. 29, the White House barred almost all overseas nationals from coming into the United States from eight southern African international locations over fears of the unfold of the Omicron variant, however has not prolonged these journey restrictions to different international locations the place the brand new variant has been found.
France stated Monday it has now recognized 25 optimistic instances of the Omicron variant. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki stated Monday that the African journey restrictions have been “being evaluated and discussed on a daily basis.”