US to Drop Foreign Air Traveler Covid-19 Vaccine Requirement

The US will stop requiring most foreign air travelers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, amid complaints from travel companies that the rule depressed tourism revenue.

The requirement will cease “at the end of the day on May 11,” the Biden administration said in a statement, the same day vaccine rules for federal employees and contractors will be over.

In ending the mandate, the US joins Canada, Mexico and dozens of other countries that have dropped their vaccine rules for visitors. It is the Biden administration’s latest step to unwind precautions instituted during the pandemic.

The US last summer dropped ...