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   The United States will not lift travel bans for the time being. That is the   
   outcome of a government meeting about this, an insider reported to the Reuters   
   news agency. The Joe Biden administration is very concerned about the delta   
   variant.   
       
   Partly due to this variant, the number of infections has recently increased   
   again in the US. Moreover, vaccination is becoming slower and slower, because   
   many Americans do not (yet) want to be vaccinated. Vaccination coverage is   
   lagging behind, especially in the South and Midwest.   
       
   The government fears that the number of infections will increase even further   
   if, for example, Europeans can go on holiday in the country again, and   
   therefore does not think it wise to abolish the entry ban. Besides Europeans,   
   Chinese and Indians are also not welcome.   
       
   The news has yet to be officially confirmed, but this is likely to be another   
   blow to the aviation industry. Airlines have lobbied intensively in Washington   
   to abolish this travel restriction. So far this seems to have been   
   unsuccessful.   
       
   Americans are welcome in the European Union, for example for a holiday, so for   
   the time being the transatlantic airlines will have to rely mainly on American   
   customers. That is not enough to properly fill the planes again.   
      
   --- DB4 - Jul 07 2021   
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