GOOD NEWS FOR VISITORS TRAVELING TO USA UNDER NEW NORM

Good news for non-citizen & non-immigrant air travelers to the United States, w.e.f from 8^th November 2021, they will be required to be fully vaccinated and to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination status prior to boarding the flight to the U.S., with only limited exceptions.

The updated travel guidelines also include new protocols around testing. To further strengthen protections, unvaccinated travelers – whether U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs), or the small number of excepted unvaccinated foreign nationals – will now need to test within one day of departure.

In Summary, herein below;

USA ACCEPTED COVID-19 VACCINES:

	Vaccines Listed for Emergency Use (EUL) by the World Health Organization (W.H.O)	Vaccines Listed for Emergency Use (EUL) by the World Health Organization (W.H.O)
Single Dose	Janssen/J&J	Janssen/J&J
2-Dose Series	Pfizer-BioNTech Moderna	Pfizer BioNTech Moderna AstraZeneca Covaxin Covishield BIBP/Sinopharm Sinovac

BIG Q??

ARE YOU FULLY VACCINATED FOR AIR TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES?

You are considered fully vaccinated:

• 2 weeks (14 days) after your dose of an accepted single-dose vaccine
• 2 weeks (14 days) after your second dose of an accepted 2-dose series
• 2 weeks (14 days) after you received the full series of an accepted COVID-19 (not placebo) in a clinical trial
• 2 weeks (14 days) after you received the full series of a Novavax (or Covavax) COVID-19 vaccine (not placebo) in a phase 3 clinical trial
• 2 weeks (14 days) after you received 2 doses of any “mix-and-match” combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines administered at least 17 days apart*

NB: If you don’t meet above requirements, then you are NOT considered fully vaccinated

*CDC has not recommended the use of mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccine primary series. However, such strategies are increasingly common in many countries outside of the United States. Therefore, for purpose of interpreting vaccination records for travel to the United States, CDC will accept combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines.

ACCEPTABLE PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION:

**The QR code in a verifiable vaccination record links to information confirming the credential was generated from an immunization record in an official database and is protected from tampering

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