Along with Mexico and Canada, the United States is lifting its travel restrictions with 33 other nations including China beginning in early November.
However, all travelers including foreign nationals will have to be fully vaccinated before entering the U.S..
CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.

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Joining the discussion:

• Kate Tulenko is the CEO of Corvus Health, a global health firm.
• Charles Nelson is the Chair of Pediatric Developmental Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and Psychology in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
• Hilary Brueck is the Health Correspondent for Insider.
• Ziyad Al-Aly is the Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center and the Chief of Research and Education Service at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System.   

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