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U.S. CDC urges Americans to avoid travel to France, Jordan over COVID-19 concerns

周一(11月6日),美国宣布实施新的旅行限制,前往美国的旅客需要提供登机前一天的核酸检测阴性证明,之前的要求是提供三天内的证明。 美国疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 同时宣布,建议美国人不要前往法国、约旦、葡萄牙和坦桑尼亚。

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美国政府宣布,从周一开始,所有入境的国际旅客必须提供登机前一天的新冠核酸检测阴性证明,2岁以下的儿童不受此限制。

美国运输安全管理局将公共交通工具上必须戴口罩的行政令延长至3月18日,不遵守行政令的,将被处以3000美元以内的罚款。

CDC 现在将83个目的地列为旅行限制的最高级——“第 4 级:(风险)非常高”。

法国周一宣布,全国已确诊25 例奥密克戎变种病例。同时宣布,将在圣诞节前关闭夜总会,并加强社交疏离措施,以应对奥密克戎变种,但目前仍不考虑实施新的封锁或宵禁。

自11月29日起,白宫禁止了来自八个南部非洲国家的国际旅客进入美国,但并未将这些旅行限制扩大到发现奥密克戎变种的其他国家.

白宫发言人普萨基称,白宫“每天都在评估和讨论”南非的疫情。

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday advised Americans against travel to France, Jordan, Portugal, and Tanzania, citing COVID-19 concerns.

The CDC now lists 83 destinations at "Level 4: Very High" classification and also on Monday added Andorra, Cyprus and Liechtenstein to the highest travel advisory level.

France said Monday it would close nightclubs ahead of Christmas and tighten social distancing measures in response to the emergent Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but that there was no need for new lockdowns or curfews.

Prime Minister Jean Castex said a fifth wave of the pandemic was surging, but with 52 million people now vaccinated - nearly 90% of those eligible - the situation was better than in previous outbreaks.

The United States imposed new rules, effective Monday, requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel.

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Under the prior rules, vaccinated international air travelers could present a negative test result obtained within three days of their day of departure.

Some airline officials told Reuters there is a three-day grace period to allow for some travelers to return to the United States with tests taken outside of the one-day window.

A CDC spokeswoman declined to confirm that but said "CDC is exercising some enforcement discretion as this requirement is put in place."

Effective Nov. 29, the White House barred nearly all foreign nationals from entering the United States from eight southern African countries over fears of the spread of the Omicron variant, but has not extended those travel restrictions to other countries where the new variant has been discovered.

France said Monday it has now identified 25 positive cases of the Omicron variant.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that the African travel restrictions were "being evaluated and discussed on a daily basis."

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