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EXCLUSIVE U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated -official

United States · 8:55 PM UTC

The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from entering the United States, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday.

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