President Biden said he is considering whether to lift the US' travel ban on South Africa and seven other southern African countries that was put in place as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus began to spread.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is"considering" whether to lift the US' travel ban on South Africa and seven other southern African countries that was put in place as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus began to spread.
The ban has come under increasing scrutiny as the strain is already the predominant one in new cases in the US, and has run rampant in other countries that have not seen similar travel restrictions."I'm considering reversing , I'm going to talk to my team in the next couple days," Biden told reporters after a speech on Covid-19 at the White House.In late November, Biden acted on advice from the nation's top infectious diseases expert, Dr.
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