The United States opens the border for full-dose vaccinated foreigners

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The United States on Monday reopened its land and air borders for foreign travelers receiving a full dose of coronavirus vaccine. The news agency AFP reported this information.

After nearly 20 months of restrictions on foreign travel, the United States has finally reopened its land and air borders.

Due to the Corona epidemic, then-US President Donald Trump imposed restrictions on foreign travelers entering the United States in early 2020.

On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden took over the presidency of the United States. When he came to power, he upheld the travel restrictions imposed by his predecessor, Trump.

The United States has been criticized for imposing travel restrictions. The issue of US travel bans was particularly unpopular in Europe, neighboring Canada and Mexico.

The U.S. border has been closed since March 2020 for travelers to most countries in the world. In addition to the countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom, China, India were.

Millions of people around the world have suffered personally and financially as a result of travel restrictions imposed by the United States for more than a year and a half.

Allison Henry, 63, is from the United Kingdom. His son is in New York. They have been separated from each other for 20 months. He plans to travel to the UK today.

Allison said that these 20 months were very difficult for her. She is now desperate to see her son.

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James Lewter is a senior reporter at Zobuz, covering state and national politics, and he is a grantee with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Before joining Zobuz, he worked as a freelance journalist in Kentucky, having been published by dozens of outlets including NPR, the Center for Media.