White House: Fully Vaccinated Foreign Visitors Can Enter US on Nov. 8

Only foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be able to travel to the United States starting on Nov. 8, according to the White House.

“The [United States’] new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8,”  Kevin Munoz, White House assistant press secretary, wrote on Twitter Friday. “This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel. This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent.”

Munoz did not elaborate on travel restrictions for children who are not eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Curbs on non-essential travelers at land borders have been in place since March 2020 to address the pandemic and were first imposed on air travelers in China—where the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, is believed to have originated—in early 2020 and has since been extended to more than 30 other countries.