Children and people with difficult access to vaccines will be able to enter the US, clarifies Casa Blanca Omicron: the symptoms of the new variant of covid-19, according to the doctor who discovered it in South Africa

Those under 18 years of age will not need to prove that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the United States after November 8, when the new entry regulations to this country begin to apply, indicated the Joe Biden government.

The waiver takes into account regulatory differences on childhood immunizations and vaccine availability between countries, a White House official said during a conference call to clarify the modalities for reopening borders for air travel.

The United States will reopen its borders to foreign visitors with full COVID vaccinations on November 8, more than 18 months after closing them to much of the world to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

But the borders will actually be closed for many Latin Americans with less access to the vaccine in their countries and who until now traveled as tourists to the United States to get immunized.

However, the US health authorities will allow some “very limited” exceptions to this vaccination obligation, according to the same source.

In addition to children, certain participants in clinical trials of COVID vaccines, people with medical contraindications for vaccination, travelers traveling for urgent or humanitarian reasons (with justification), and people arriving for other reasons will be exempt to tourism, from countries where the vaccine is difficult to obtain, according to a document distributed by the Biden administration.

Unvaccinated children over the age of two must have a test (antigen or PCR) within three days of departure if traveling with vaccinated adults. The period is reduced to one day if they travel alone or with unvaccinated adults.

In general, any foreigner must take the test (antigen or PCR) within three days before departure if vaccinated, or the day before departure if not vaccinated.

The same testing requirements will apply to US citizens and permanent residents returning to the United States.

According to the White House, it will be up to airlines to verify proof of vaccination before boarding.

The United States reported that all vaccines approved by the FDA and the World Health Organization (WHO) will be accepted. For now, this includes vaccines from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, Sinopharm, and Sinovac.

Different combinations of vaccines for the first dose and boosters will also be allowed, the White House said.

For now, this excludes travelers immunized with the Russian Sputnik V and Chinese CanSino vaccines, which have not yet received a green light from the FDA or the WHO, but which have been applied in many Latin American countries, including Argentina and Mexico.

The United States will also require airlines to collect information from travelers that allows US health authorities to locate them after entering the country in case of infection or contact with an infected person.

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