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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, September 20, 2021 | The White House
Q And then one more thing on the — on national — on international travel. Do you know if there’s any discussion, right now, about how the U.S. will decide who is vaccinated, what counts as vaccinated? Will the Chinese vaccine count? Will the Russian vaccine count? AstraZeneca? Is there discussion on what exactly is a “vaccine” and “vaccinated”?
MS. PSAKI: Yes, this is all a part of the process. It’s going to be implemented, again, in early November. In terms of how the proof of process will work, which is a very good question, that’s part of what the implementation interagency discussions will focus on.
Q So we’ll have an answer before November?
MS. PSAKI: Yes, exactly.
Q Thank you.
MS. PSAKI: Hopefully sooner than that.
Go ahead.
Q Yeah, just a technical thing on the international travel policy. You talk about unvaccinated Americans; what about like green card holders, visa holders? Would they — people who — you know, who under the current travel policy can get into the country, would they have to be vaccinated or would they have to do the testing protocol like Americans?
MS. PSAKI: That’s a really good question. I’ll have to ask what the specification is there for them.
Q And on the international travel today, you talked about the policy process. What was the White House looking or the administration looking to see in order to get to this point today to make the change? Was it the vaccination rates in Europe?
And how will the contact tracing work? And what resources will be put to that? Because that’s not been something we’ve seen a really solid, robust effort in the U.S. on over the last year and a half.
MS. PSAKI: Yeah. So this — this was a process — this was an ongoing process, as you all know, that we discussed pretty extensively here.
CDC is going to issue a contact tracing order that will require airlines to collect comprehensive contact information for every passenger coming to the United States and to provide that information promptly to the CDC, upon request, to follow up with travelers who have been exposed to COVID-19 variants or other pathogens. And these requirements will apply globally.
That’s a good example of where the — some of the considerations. As we were making these policy decisions, we had to account for and plan for and ensure that we could implement this policy in a way that was clear, that was equitable, that provided — that ensured that there was equal treatment around the world of how people could come into the United States given COVID protocols. But that’s an important question. We wanted to make sure we addressed a lot of those internally as well.
Q Also on the international travel announcement, it did not include an opening of the land border — north or south. Is the administration worried that any easing at the southern border would be contributing to the immigration problems? And is — was that a factor in that decision?
MS. PSAKI: Well, this is an all — an ongoing process. Right? Title 19 is what is in place, of course, at land borders; it’s being extended for another month, through October 21st. We don’t have any updates or predictions at this point in time. But, obviously, we’re continuing to consider — as is evident by our announcement today — how we can return to a place of travel and people being able to move from country to country, including at our land borders. But I don’t have any prediction of that at this point.
U.S. to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign air travelers in November | Reuters
The CDC on Monday pointed to its prior guidance when asked what vaccines it will accept.
"The CDC considers someone fully vaccinated with any FDA-authorized or approved vaccines and any vaccines that (the World Health Organization) has authorized," said spokesperson Kristen Nordlund. That list could change pending additions by either agency, she said.
Hoppet tändes rejält och sportlovsresa till LA med dottern som är 12 år kanske går i lås ändå!
Men vi ramlar nog på målsnöret sett till vår bonusresa den 1/1 då jag inte tror dotter kommer hinna få sina två doser. Är jag en hemsk mamma som överväger att åka själv isf?
A White House source told the BBC that the question of whether people who have had the AstraZeneca vaccine or 12- to 18-year-olds who have only had one jab would be allowed in under the new rules was a level of "granular detail" that was still being worked out, though this would affect millions.
