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Biden issues proclamation revoking southern Africa travel restrictions
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By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation Tuesday revoking a proclamation put in place last month that enacted travel restrictions on eight southern African nations, including South Africa, as the Omicron variant began to spread.
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Biden considering reversing African travel ban 'soon'
Headline from The Hill ·
Biden lifts Omicron-related travel restrictions on 8 southern African countries
Headline from CBS News ·
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Biden issues proclamation revoking southern Africa travel restrictions
President Biden said Tuesday he is considering reversing the travel ban on southern African countries that his administration imposed in late November amid rising concerns about the omicron coronavirus variant.
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Biden administration is lifting travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that were put in place last month after the Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa, a White House official tells CNN. The restrictions will lift on December 31 at 12:01 a.
A senior administration official said that the travel ban would be lifted because vaccines have proven to be effective and because the omicron variant is already widespread.
On November 26 President Joe Biden announced a travel ban on eight African countries after South Africa reported the latest variant of Wuhan coronavirus had been detected. At the time,
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation Tuesday revoking a proclamation put in place last month that enacted travel restrictions on eight southern African nations, including South Africa, as the Omicron variant began to spread.
On Tuesday, President Biden revoked travel restrictions to eight African nations over the spread of the Omicron variant. In a proclamation issued Tuesday, Biden announced that the restrictions are no longer
President Biden on Tuesday revoked the travel restrictions his administration imposed on eight countries in southern Africa over the spread of the omicron variant, saying the measures were no longer necessary.
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