BREAKING | US To Lift COVID Travel Ban For Vaccinated Individuals From November

<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>The United States announced Monday that the COVID travel bans on all passengers will be lifted in November if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing, news agency AFP reported.</p> <p>Jeffrey Zients, the coronavirus response coordinator for President Joe Biden, told reporters the new "consistent approach" would take effect in "early November", the news agency quoted.</p> <p>The easing of travel restrictions comes after Donald Trump imposed a travel ban 18 months ago due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p>It marks a significant shift by Biden and answers a major demand from European allies at a time of strained diplomatic relations, the report said.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UPDATE</a> The United States announces it will lift Covid travel bans on all passengers next month if they are fully vaccinated and undergo testing and contact tracing <a href="https://t.co/eLdNY95CKg">pic.twitter.com/eLdNY95CKg</a></p> &mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1439961293960712193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <p> <script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p><em>(This is a breaking update. Please visit the page again to know more.)</em></p>