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Everyone who travels to the United States from today has to meet these requirements

From this Monday, all those who travel to the United States, from children over 2 years old, must comply with the new sanitary measures to counteract the coronavirus and above all, the new Omicron variant.

The first is that everyone must present the negative results of a COVID-19 viral test, be it antigens or PCR, but taken one day before the expected arrival in the United States. Until today the results of up to 72 hours before were accepted.

Vaccines are mandatory, but it has a specific component, the date it was applied to the traveler must be at least 14 days before the trip. “They will also be required to confirm in the form of an affidavit that the information they present is true.”

This must be stated on the vaccination card to present before boarding the plane, as specified in the statement published on the website of the United States Embassy in the Dominican Republic.

“Foreign travelers must be with the complete vaccination schedule and provide documentation of the vaccination status before boarding the plane.”

A person is considered fully vaccinated in the following cases: two weeks (14 days) after receiving the dose of an accepted single dose vaccine.

Those who have a vaccine that requires two doses, the last one should have received it at least two weeks before leaving.

“2 weeks (14 days) after having completed the vaccination schedule with a vaccine against COVID-19 accepted (not placebo) in a clinical trial”, is a requirement of the US authorities.

In addition, after having completed the vaccination schedule with a COVID-19 Novavax (or Covavax) vaccine (not placebo) in a phase 3 clinical trial.

If you are one of those who completed the vaccination schedule with two different vaccines, the statement states that “2 weeks (14 days) after receiving 2 doses of any combination of accepted COVID-19 vaccines that have been administered at an interval of at least 17 days “

“If you don’t meet these requirements, you DO NOT have a complete vaccination. Even if you have had COVID and only received one dose of the 2-dose vaccines, not considered complete scheme in the United States“, indicates the Emabaja of the United States in the communiqué.

Below we reproduce part of the statement where it indicates what are the exceptions to these provisions:

Exceptions to this policy will be extremely limited: Under 18 years of age.

People who, by medical prescription, cannot receive the vaccine.

Emergency travelers who do not have access to the vaccine.

Foreign travelers who have been to one of the 33 previously restricted countries will no longer need to obtain National Interest Exceptions (NIEs) to travel.

Accepted vaccines will include those approved or authorized by the FDA, as well as vaccines with a World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Use List (EUL). Check the CDC page for the current list of accepted vaccines.

The CDC does not recommend the use of a combination of COVID-19 vaccines in the main schedule. However, these strategies are becoming more prevalent in many countries outside of the United States. Accordingly, for the purpose of interpreting vaccination records for travel to the United States, CDC to consider accepted COVID-19 vaccine combinations valid.

Regarding the tests, those travelers who have the complete vaccination schedule must also show a negative test carried out no later than 1 day before the trip. That includes all travelers: U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), and foreign nationals..

Unvaccinated travelers, whether they are US citizens, lawful permanent residents, or the small number of excepted unvaccinated foreign nationals, will need to show documentation of a negative test taken no later than one day prior to travel. For more information, visit state.gov.

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