You will be able to go to the U.S. if you are vaccinated with Astrazeneca
In recent days, the U.S. government announced that it would reopen flights to its country. È [...]
In the past few days, the U.S. government has announced that it is. Wanting to reopen to flights to their own country. He was interrupted like this a long ban imposed at the beginning of the pandemic under the Trump administration. The same had remained in place even after the change to the presidency. But on Sept. 15, Jeff Zients, White House coordinator for pandemic response policies, spoke of the imminent approval of a "New and safer system for international air travel". This will also allow those from Schengen countries, such as Italy, to reach the United States.
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Travel to the United States: the government's new plan
In order to again allow safe travel to the United States for both those traveling in the country and American citizens, the government has decided to establish new rules. Underlying this, of course, is the assumption that travelers Will have to be fully vaccinated.
Beyond that, however, the new U.S. government plan still has many ill-defined aspects and has immediately risked confusion. For example, it is not clear from When exactly it will go into effect. Zients mentioned "early November," but there has been no official confirmation on the exact date.
A second aspect concerns the nuances of the concept of "fully vaccinated." While it is clear that the meaning is to have received both doses of the vaccine, the doubt is which vaccines will be accepted by U.S. authorities, as different health policies were followed among countries around the world to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vaccines approved for those traveling to the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that is, the government agency that regulates food and pharmaceutical products, has provided clarity. According to the announcement, vaccines recognized as valid for travel to the United States are. Those already approved by the agency itself, which then are also those that have received the green light from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Travelers deemed "fully vaccinated," and thus allowed to enter the United States, will be those who have vaccination cycle completed (i.e., with the second dose) for at least 14 days. The recognized vaccines are as follows:
- Astrazeneca (including CoviShield)
- Johnson & Johnson (Janssen)
- Modern
- Pfizer BioNTech
- Sinopharm
- Sinovac
Good news for many Italian travelers who have been vaccinated with Astrazeneca. They too will be able to reach the United States once the flight ban is finally lifted. The inclusion of Astrazeneca in the list of authorized vaccines is also very important because it is a vaccine solution widely used by the British government. Therefore, UK citizens will not be excluded from being able to travel to the US.
Nothing to do, however, for those who have been vaccinated with Indian Covaxin, the Cuban Soberana and, above all, the Russian Sputnik, widely used in Eastern Europe, in nations such as Slovakia and Hungary.
However, a doubt still remains involving several Italian citizens who may be interested in upcoming trips to the United States: in fact, Washington has not yet clarified what attitude it will take toward those who have been immunized with two doses of different vaccines.
