Biden's orders take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET May 12 with the expiration of the US COVID public health emergency.
The White House announced the plan last week to end the last of the extraordinary public health restrictions first adopted in 2020 that at one point barred most of the world's population from entering the United States. Jha said US worker vaccine requirements led to more than 90% of employees getting vaccinated. "We think those requirements saved thousands of lives but we're at a different place."
The rules barred Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic from taking part in some US tournaments because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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