The United States will enact strict travel bans beginning today to limit foreign travelers who may be infected with variant strains of COVID-19, almost 1 year after the country banned travelers from China.The ban will extend to all non-US citizens traveling to America from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and 26 countries in Europe in the Schengen Area.
Travelers from Brazil and South Africa, where new variants of the virus have recently been discovered, will also be banned.Tomorrow, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will start to require all travelers flying to the United States provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 3 days of their flight. "If a passenger chooses not to present a test result or documentation