People who travel to the US by plane will soon no longer need a corona vaccination certificate. The US government announced on Monday that when the more far-reaching corona emergency measures expire on May 11, it will also lift the vaccination requirement for air travelers from abroad.
Complete vaccination protection upon entry into the United States has been required for about a year and a half. The US government introduced mandatory vaccination in November 2021 to slow the spread of the virus. US citizens, persons with permanent resident status, persons under the age of 18 and persons who are not allowed to receive a corona vaccination for medical reasons are excluded from the scheme.
The White House has now said that hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus have each fallen by more than 90 percent since January 2021. The number of corona deaths worldwide is at its lowest level since the start of the pandemic. The country is now “in a different phase” than when the corona measures were introduced. Mandatory vaccination is now also being abolished for federal employees and other groups.
Entry bans for certain citizens
At the start of the corona pandemic in March 2020, then US President Donald Trump even issued an entry ban for foreigners from large parts of Europe. Entry from the Schengen area, Great Britain and Ireland was prohibited with a few exceptions. The US also imposed extensive entry bans on foreigners from India, China, Brazil, South Africa and Iran because of the pandemic and enforced them for a long time.
Source: Krone
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