Children under 18, and people from dozens of countries with a shortage of vaccines, will be exempt from new rules requiring that most travellers to the United States be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Biden administration has announced.Travellers must test negative for the virus before boarding a flightThe government will require airlines to collect contact information on passengers, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated, to help with contact tracing if that becomes necessary.
It also reflects the White House's embrace of vaccination requirements as a tool to push more Americans to get the shots by making it inconvenient to remain unvaccinated. That latter category will cover people from countries with vaccination rates below 10 per cent of adults. Airlines that don't enforce the requirements could be subject to penalties of up to nearly $US35,000 per violation.
"The United States is open for business with all the promise and potential America has to offer," Transportation Secretary Gina Raimondo said."We have seen an increase in ticket sales for international travel over the past weeks, and are eager to begin safely reuniting the countless families, friends and colleagues who have not seen each other in nearly two years, if not longer," Airlines for America said in a statement.
I imagine a stroke, myocarditis, or guillain barre is also ‘inconvenient’