Tag: Travel bans

California Travel Ban Stalls Students’ Hopes to Contend in National Chemical Engineers Competition

A group of chemical engineering students was denied state funding to participate in a national competition in Florida because of California’s travel ban to certain states that don’t allow biological male athletes to compete in girls’ and women’s sports. The ban, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in 2019, was recently expanded to include…


Research Reveals the Human Cost of COVID Border Restrictions

Evidence of the substantial human cost of COVID-19 travel and border restrictions has emerged in new reports, particularly for the tens of thousands of international travellers who were stranded overseas and separated from their loved ones for over 18 months during the pandemic. Lead author Pippa McDermid from the University of New South Wales said…


Israel Set to Lift All COVID-19 Travel Bans Amid Omicron Wave

TEL AVIV, Israel—Travelers from the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries should be cleared for landing in Israel, the Health Ministry recommended on Thursday. The ministry said all countries should be removed from Israel’s “red” no-travel list, including the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, Tanzania, Mexico, Switzerland and…


Fauci Says Biden Administration Reevaluating Omicron Travel Bans

White House CCP virus response team member Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the Biden administration is reevaluating travel bans it put in place in an effort to stem the spread of the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Fauci said that the administration feels “very badly” about the impact caused by…


US Allows Travel Exceptions for Students From Brazil, China, Iran, South Africa

Students, certain academics, and journalists from China, Iran, Brazil, and South Africa will be able to qualify for a National Interest Exception (NIE) and be allowed to enter the United States, the Biden administration determined on Monday. The NIE is a designation granted for people who can demonstrate that their entry into the United States is…