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The Biden administration will lift the travel ban for eight African countries that were among the first to report the highly contagious and rapidly spreading the Omicron variant.
White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz on Friday confirmed the restrictions will ease Dec. 31.
“This decision was recommended by [the CDC],” Munoz said on Twitter. “The restrictions gave us time to understand Omicron and we know our existing vaccines work against Omicron, esp[ecially] boosted.”
Last month, the Biden administration banned travel from South Africa, which first detected the virus, as well as
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