US to end COVID-19 vaccine requirements for international travellers from next week

The vaccine mandate is one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place.

The United States will end its COVID-19 vaccination requirements for international travellers and federal workers on 11 May, the White House said on Monday.

This is when the coronavirus public health emergency officially ends.

In February, the US House of Representatives voted to lift the requirement that most foreign air travellers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place.

The White House said that it had put in place vaccination requirements to slow the spread of new variants entering the country and to allow the US healthcare system

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