Following months of hope for a US-UK travel corridor, the US has announced that it has no plans to ease the current travel restrictions between the two nations.
A White House official confirmed the US will “maintain existing travel restrictions,” citing concerns over the Delta variant, both domestically and abroad.
Tori Emerson Barnes, Vice president of Public Affairs and Policy at the US Travel Association, claims tough border rules, which have prohibited Britons from entering for over a year, “have not prevented the Delta variant from entering the US”.
She said: “We respectfully urge the Biden administration to revisit its decision in the very near term and begin reopening international travel to vaccinated individuals, starting with air corridors between the US and nations with similar vaccination rates.”
The UK’s Policing Minister Kit Malthouse called the decision “disappointing”.
Speaking to Sky News, he said:: “It’s obviously disappointing – we want to get back to international travel as soon as possible.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are also urging vaccinated Americans to resume wearing their masks indoors to help prevent any further spread of Covid-19.
