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 Each raised the UK to "Level Four," telling Americans they should
avoid travel there.
"If you must travel to the United Kingdom, make sure you are fully
vaccinated before travel," the CDC said in an advisory, while the
State Department said: "Do not travel to the United Kingdom due to
COVID-19."
In May, the U.S. government had lowered the UK to a "Level 3"
advisory rating.
COVID-19 cases are rising by more than 50,000 a day in the UK and
hundreds of thousands of Britons are being asked to self-isolate for
10 days.
The United States since March 2020 has barred nearly all non-U.S.
citizens who have recently been in the UK from the United States.
Britain allows American visits but requires a 10-day quarantine on
arrival and two COVID-19 tests.
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In June, the Biden administration said it was forming expert working
groups with Britain, Canada, Mexico and the European Union to
determine how best to restart travel safely after more than a year
of restrictions. U.S. and airline officials do not
expect the restrictions on UK travelers to be lifted until August at
the earliest - and warn it could be pushed back further.
Airlines and others have pressed the administration to lift the
restrictions that bar most non-U.S. citizens who have been in
Britain, the 26 Schengen nations in Europe without border controls,
Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil within the past
14 days from the United States.
(Reporting by David Shepardson, Lisa Lambert and Jan Wolfe; Editing
by Peter Cooney)
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