Biden drops travel ban for southern African countries
[ArsTechnica] President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a proclamation revoking controversial travel restrictions targeting southern Africa where the ultra-transmissible omicron coronavirus variant was first detected in late November.
The travel restrictions on eight countries in southern Africa -- Botswana, Eswatini/Swaziland, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe -- will be lifted at 12:01am ET on December 31.
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