The White House announced on Friday that it would be lifting the travel restrictions it imposed on eight southern African countries last month following the discovery of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
President Biden will lift the restrictions on December 31, just one month after the bans were first announced, said White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz, according to The Hill.
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