"We likely are going to pull back on that pretty soon because we have enough infection in our own country," Fauci said at the National Press Club. "We're letting in people from other countries that have as much or more infection than the Southern African countries. So likely we are going to look at that very carefully to see if we can pull back."
It was not clear when the restrictions might be lifted but travel industry officials said it could happen as soon as this week. The White House did not immediately comment.
Those travel bans were absurd. We have a world population of over 7.7 billion people. As of yesterday, OmicronVirus was in 57 countries and 38 states yet there were only 7 reported deaths. Yes, it’s more contagious but also much more mild. covid
Agree. Do it. Flight restrictions bought a few weeks for US. Now omicron already dominates US. It’s meaningless to keep the restrictions.