JUST IN: Unvaccinated people in Germany will be barred from most businesses, except for grocery stores and pharmacies, officials announced.
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Tighter requirements for travel into the U.S. will go into place early next week, the administration said. The rule calls for proof of a negative test within one day of travel to the U.S. for all passengers, regardless of their vaccination status or nationality.
The order, which does not mention the omicron variant specifically, is to"prevent the importation and spread of a communicable disease of public health importance." During a previously scheduled press briefing Wednesday afternoon, he shared a timeline on the San Francisco resident who tested positive for the case. The person left South Africa on Nov. 21 and landed in the U.S. on Nov. 22, developed symptoms a few days later around Nov. 25 and got tested on Nov. 28, he said. The test came back positive on Nov. 29, he said.
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