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Outside the US those who have had vaccines not approved by the WHO

The United States will accept the use of the vaccine by international visitors coronavirus Approved by US regulators or the World Health Organization (WHO), the country’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced.

On September 20, the White House announced that USA will lift travel restrictions in November for air travelers from 33 countries, including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe, who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, at that time he did not specify which vaccines would be accepted.

A CDC spokesman told Reuters “Six vaccines licensed / approved by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) or approved for emergency use by the WHO will meet the criteria for travel to the US.”

Late last night, the CDC announced that earlier this week, “To help prepare their systems we informed the airlines” for the vaccines that will be accepted and we added that “The CDC will release additional guidance and information as soon as travel requirements are finalized”.

Airlines for America, a trading group representing American Airlines Co, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and others, said “Welcomes the decision of the CDC to approve a list of approved vaccines for travelers entering the United States. We look forward to working with the authorities to implement this new overall vaccination and testing framework by early November 2021. “.

Some countries have pressured the government of US President Joe Biden to accept WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines, as vaccines approved by the US Food and Drug Administration are not widely used in all countries.

The United States will accept fully vaccinated airline travelers from the 26 Schengen countries in Europe, as well as from Britain, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil.

The CDC has yet to finalize and publish the new tracking rules for international visitors, which they sent to the White House for review on September 15.

CDCs should also set out in detail the rules for exemptions, which include children who have not yet been vaccinated, as well as visitors from countries where vaccines are not widely available. They will also have to decide whether to accept visitors who are in clinical trials for COVID-19 or who have recently contracted the disease and cannot yet be vaccinated against the disease.

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