The powers that be have decided that there's money to made.
"Today America is open for business. That is our message to the world," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told Reuters in an interview at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
"The ban eliminated the sources of more than half the visitors to the United States in 2019, according to trade group U.S. Travel, primarily tourists and other non-essential travellers to the United States."
An emotional journey: Families reunite in U.S. with tears, balloons as COVID travel ban ends
Paul Campbell had waited nearly two years to reunite with his German fiancée at Boston's Logan airport on Monday, the day the United States eased travel restrictions imposed on much of the world since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
I think it's too soon too, but in addition to proof of vaccination, travellers will have to provide proof of either a negative Covid test result or show that they have recovered from the virus in the previous three months.
It looks like the UK is requiring travellers to pay for the test themselves. That could lead to someone choosing a cheaper option that may be more susceptible to false negatives when dealing with a mutation. Not sure how testing is being handled in the other countries .
