The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions 'at this point' due to concerns over the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant and the rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases, the White House confirmed on Monday.
WASHINGTON, July 26 - The United States will not lift any existingrestrictions "at this point" due to concerns over the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant and the rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases, the White House confirmed on Monday.
The announcement almost certainly dooms any bid by U.S. airlines and the U.S. tourism industry to salvage summerby Europeans and others covered by the restrictions. Airlines have heavily lobbied the White House for months to lift the restrictions and some say the industry may now have to wait until September or later for a possible revision.
Last week, the U.S. Homeland Security Department said U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to nonessentialuntil at least Aug. 21 - even as Canada said it would begin allowing in fully vaccinated American tourists starting Aug. 9. Merkel said any decision to lift restrictions "has to be a sustainable decision. It is certainly not sensible to have to take it back after only a few days."U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday the seven-day average of new cases in the United States was up 53% over the previous week.
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