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Biden urged to set timetable to reopen US borders

Government
James Chapple
29 July 2021

US travel leaders have upped the pressure on the Biden administration to ease the country’s long-standing Covid travel restrictions, and warned of the economic consequences of a prolonged delay.

The US is tightening its travel rules (Credit: Jon Tyson / Unsplash)

The call from the US Travel Association comes after the UK government on Wednesday (28 July) confirmed that from Monday (2 August) it would waive quarantine for fully vaccinated arrivals from the US and Europe.


Tori Emerson Barnes, US Travel Association executive vice-president of public affairs and policy, hailed the UK government’s "wise decision".


"It’s time for US leaders to do the same and set a timeline to reopen our national borders – and we encourage them to start with vaccinated travellers from the UK, EU and Canada," she said.