The United States is about to partially lift the restrictions on international travel, and those vac

Original title: the United States is about to partially cancel the travel restrictions on international tourists, and those vaccinated in China can also enter the country
June 9, 2020, Newark International Airport, New Jersey, USA. Source: Vision China
The White House said on Friday that the Biden administration plans to lift travel restrictions on international tourists to the United States from November 8. The plan is effective for passengers entering the United States by land and air.
According to the new policy, vaccinators who have tested negative for the new crown in the past 72 hours can board flights to the United States as long as they share contact tracking information. Non vaccinated foreigners will still be banned from entering the country, while non vaccinated Americans need new crowns with negative test results.
This is the biggest change in US travel policy since the outbreak of the epidemic. Previously, the United States basically banned most international tourists directly from major markets such as Europe, India, Brazil and China.
The Biden administration initially announced this policy on September 20, but did not specify when to start it at that time. The U.S. government is trying to ease the concerns of its European allies, who have been urging the United States to lift travel restrictions.
The European Union began to use the digital new crown pass at the beginning of this summer, the United Kingdom has also completed the transformation in recent weeks, and Asian centers such as Singapore, which usually implement more stringent restrictions, have also begun to relax travel regulations.
Flights between the United States and Europe constitute one of the world's most profitable aviation markets. Since the middle of last year, airlines on both sides of the Atlantic have been lobbying to restart navigation, but each time they have failed due to a surge in infection cases.
Therefore, for large airlines such as Delta Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines, the new policy undoubtedly gives them a sigh of relief. Over the past year and a half, the profitability of these companies has been worrying due to international travel restrictions.
In early Friday trading, all the above Airlines rose more than 2%, driving the S & P 500 index up 0.4%.
The new policy is also applicable to land passengers. Earlier this week, the Biden government said it would relax the new travel restrictions on land crossings from Canada and Mexico. Passengers entering the United States for unnecessary reasons will be required to show vaccination certificates from early November.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has previously told airlines that vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or listed as emergency use by the who will meet the vaccine standards for entering the United States. The latter means that millions of passengers who have received vaccines developed by AstraZeneca, China National Pharmaceutical Group and Kexing biopharmaceutical company will be allowed to enter the country.
In addition, according to people familiar with the matter quoted by Bloomberg, children under the age of 18 may be exempted. People who have received a combination of the two new coronal vaccines will be considered vaccinated. It is expected that CDC will release specific operation guidelines and information later.