On Thursday, the CDC moved to formally loosen its COVID-19 vaccination requirement on foreign visitors, which will now allow some to board flights into the U.S. with only a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna.
the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, allowing for most unvaccinated Americans to skip the original two"monovalent" mRNA shots many got early in the pandemic.
Instead, virtually all adults are able to be"up to date" on their shots after getting a single"bivalent" dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, regardless of what they have or have not gotten previously. Officials for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services told stakeholders this week that they would also consider a single dose of these shots enough to be"fully vaccinated" under their requirements for healthcare workers.
"We note that if someone is currently unvaccinated, they can meet this rules requirements by receiving one dose of the new bivalent vaccines," CMS official Lauren Oviatt said Wednesday at aMultiple travel industry officials have said that the requirement on foreign visitors, which has resulted in a handful of high-profile spats over unvaccinated athletes and celebrities being denied entry into the country, is widely expected to be allowed to expire.
Asked whether Becerra has decided to end the rule, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said there was no update to share on the future of the requirement.
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