The new international air travel policy, which is to take effect on Nov. 8, requires all non-citizen, non-immigrant air travelers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before flying to the US. Photo: EPA-EFEVaccines accepted under the travel policy are those approved or authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and vaccines that have been approved for emergency use by the WHO. Some travelers are exempt from the new policy, including children younger than 18 years old and certain COVID-19 vaccine trial participants. Meanwhile, the WHO yesteday announced the launch of the cosponsored Solidarity Trial Vaccines with the ministries of health of Colombia, Mali and the Philippines. Medigen is among the candidate vaccines in the trial, the WHO said in a statement.

Source: Taipei Times October 27, 2021 04:09 UTC