United States government established From Thursday, May 11, the country will eliminate the need to present a corona virus vaccine to travel by plane for work or tourism, Further, it specified that from that date will officially end the health emergency that began in the pandemic,
“Today we announce that the administration will eliminate the need for a COVID-19 vaccine For federal employees and contractors and air travelers May 11 at the end of the day, same day the covid-19 public health emergency ends The White House said in a statement on its official website.
According to official statistics, More than a million people have died of Covid-19 in the United States., However, the White House indicated that the pandemic was over, led by US Pres. Joe Biden To lift the restrictions that were in place when the disease spread through entire communities and forced economic paralysis.
,From January 2021, Deaths from Covid-19 fell by 95% and hospitalizations fell by almost 91%, Globally, Covid deaths are at their lowest level since the start of the pandemic,” the statement said.
According to the White House, “Vaccine requirements spurred vaccinations across the country, and our widespread vaccination campaign saved millions of lives,” he said.
Although it was common practice in many countries to require foreign nationals to be vaccinated on flights to the United States, Compulsory vaccination for government employees sometimes generated conflict in the country’s political circles.,
Biden officially announced it in April in addition to scrapping the vaccine rules end of national health emergency Which supported a series of extraordinary government measures for more than three years.
