The Biden Administration is also weighing a mandatory seven-day quarantine for all U.S. citizens and visitors entering the United States, the Washington Post reports.<\/b>
\nPresident Joe Biden plans to require all travelers entering the United States \u2014 even those who are fully vaccinated \u2014 to take multiple Covid-19 tests, and is mulling a mandatory quarantine for all new arrivals, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, the latest new travel restriction amid uncertainty over the coronavirus\u2019 new omicron variant. The proposed travel curbs come as federal health officials monitor the coronavirus\u2019 omicron variant, which was first discovered in South Africa and has been detected in more than a dozen countries \u2014 but not the United States yet. In response to the omicron variant, the federal government restricted air travel from several southern African countries. Experts say the variant\u2019s severity, transmissibility and impact on vaccine effectiveness are still unclear, but the White House framed its new country-specific travel rules as an early precaution designed to buy time until more information about omicron becomes available. The United States also still hasn\u2019t recovered from a late-summer uptick in coronavirus cases wrought by the virus\u2019 delta variant, leading some experts and public officials to fear a winter surge. The country averaged over 80,000 new infections per day in the weeklong period ending Monday, roughly half late August\u2019s infection rate but more than seven times above the nation\u2019s June lull, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stricter coronavirus testing to be required for all travelers to the U.S. amid omicron variant concerns (Washington Post)<\/p>\n