接种世卫批准六款疫苗国际旅客下月可赴美

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接种世卫批准六款疫苗国际旅客下月可赴美

大公报

10/09/2021

　　【大公报讯】据路透社报道：美国将自下月起放宽入境限制，美国疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）8日表示，国际旅客只要接种获世界卫生组织（WHO）批准紧急使用的六款新冠疫苗，即符合美国的入境条件，包括科兴疫苗和辉瑞／BioNTech疫苗。

　　白宫曾于9月20日宣布，美国将在11月解除对33个国家的航空旅行限制，来自中国、印度、巴西、英国、爱尔兰、南非、伊朗及26个欧洲神根国家的旅客在全面接种疫苗后可入境美国，但未公布接纳哪几款疫苗。

　　CDC于当地时间8日明确疫苗标准，发言人对路透社表示，经美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）授权批准的疫苗或被世卫组织列为紧急使用的六种疫苗，将符合前往美国前疫苗接种的标准。CDC表示，随后会发布更多信息和指南。

　　新的疫苗规定适用于几乎所有搭机抵美的外国旅客。世卫目前列入允许紧急使用清单的新冠疫苗包括辉瑞／BioNTech、阿斯利康、强生、莫德纳、中国国药及科兴疫苗。接下来，CDC还将公布针对国际旅客的密接追踪新规，该机构上月已将提案送交白宫审查。美国航空协会对CDC的决定表示欢迎，称期盼与行政主管单位合作，于11月初执行全新的全球疫苗及检测规定。

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US will accept WHO-approved coronavirus vaccines for international visitors

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said six vaccines approved by the FDA or listed by the world health body for emergency use will meet the criteria
The US is preparing to lift restrictions on fully vaccinated air travellers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe in November

Reuters

10/09/2021

The United States will accept the use by international visitors of Covid-19 vaccines authorised by US regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said late on Friday.

On September 20, the White House announced the United States in November would lift travel restrictions on air travellers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. It did not specify then which vaccines would be accepted.

A CDC spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday, “Six vaccines that are FDA authorised/approved or listed for emergency use by WHO will meet the criteria for travel to the US.”

Late on Friday, the CDC said that “earlier this week, to help them prepare their systems we informed airlines” of the vaccines that would be accepted and added “CDC will release additional guidance and information as the travel requirements are finalized”.

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Airlines for America, a trade group representing American Airlines Co, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and others, said it was “pleased by the CDC’s decision to approve a list of authorized vaccinations for travelers entering the US. We look forward to working with the administration to implement this new global vaccine and testing framework by early November 2021.”

Some countries had pressed the Biden administration to accept WHO-approved vaccines, since the US Food and Drug Administration authorised vaccines are not widely used in all countries.

The United States will admit fully vaccinated air travellers from the 26 so-called Schengen countries in Europe as well as Britain, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil. The unprecedented US restrictions have barred most non-US citizens who were in those countries within the past 14 days.

The new Covid-19 vaccine requirements will now apply to nearly all foreign nationals flying to the United States – including those not subject to the prior restrictions.

The CDC must still finalise and publish new contract tracing rules for international visitors, which it sent to the White House for review on September 15.

The CDC must also detail rules for exceptions, which include children not yet eligible for shots, as well as for visitors from countries where vaccines are not widely available.

The administration must also decide whether to admit visitors part of Covid-19 clinical trials or have recently contracted Covid-19 and are not yet eligible for vaccination.

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