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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 safety protocols for international travel officially went into effect Monday.
That means anyone entering the United States must provide proof of a negative test within one day of their flight, regardless of vaccination status. The changes were announced last week after the omicron variant was detected in the United States.
Indiana University said the updated regulations impact international students ahead of the holidays. The university’s International Services Office said fewer international students plan to go home because there are too many travel uncertainties.
John Wilkerson, the office’s interim vice president, said, at this point in the coronavirus pandemic, some students haven’t seen their families in close to two years. “We’ve seen and experienced students being stranded either in the United States or abroad.”
Wilkerson said many decided to not leave the country for winter break partially because of the uncertainties surrounding the omicron variant, and it’s also just what international students have become accustomed to.
“That’s really the very specific challenge that international students face is it’s not so simple for student who returns home for the holiday break to Singapore and right now they can enter Singapore, but what if two weeks from now, they can’t? So, it’s not quite the same as the student who is trying to make that same trip to San Diego to go home for the holidays,” Wilkerson said.
Wilkerson said throughout the pandemic, in some ways, international students have had to pay closer attention to changing protocols than other students.
“They have come to rely on the information that we’re putting out, that the university is sharing with them, in terms of how best protect themselves and to make sure that they’re aware of what challenges they may face and if in fact they do face those challenges, how to best utilize IU as a resource to best help them overcome them,” Wilkerson said.
According to Indiana University’s website, more than 7,200 international students from 164 countries are enrolled at the university. Wilkerson said how many will stick around through winter break is unknown but added IU’s COVID response team continues to ramp up resources to prepare.
“The literal social distancing that has happened has exacerbated a lot of feelings of anxiety and loneliness and, you know, everything that all of us have felt at some degree. But, imagine having those experiences, feeling those feelings, those stresses, those anxieties and being displaced from your loved ones for years at a time,” Wilkerson said.
A spokesperson from IU tells News 8 the school is encouraging booster shots and will host a clinic for students in the next few days. However, so far, there are no plans to require boosters at the university.
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New rules introduced to make travel to the UK “easier and cheaper” have come into force.
The UK’s traffic light system involving green, amber and red lists has been scrapped, with locations categorised as either on the red list or not.
It comes amid reports the number of countries on the red list will be slashed to nine from 54 later in the week, with destinations such as Brazil, Mexico and South Africa expected to be opened up to quarantine-free travel.
Global Covid-19 cases and deaths (PA Graphics)
Fully vaccinated residents – and unvaccinated under 18s – from more than 50 countries and territories can now enter the UK without needing to complete a pre-departure lateral flow test, take a day-eight post-arrival PCR test costing around £65, or self-isolate at home, with just a single day-two post-arrival test needed.
Under 11s were already exempt from pre-departure testing.
People arriving from a red tier destination will still be required to spend 11 nights at a quarantine hotel costing £2,285 for solo travellers.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “We are accelerating towards a future where travel continues to reopen safely and remains open for good, and today’s rule changes are good news for families, businesses and the travel sector.
“Our priority remains to protect public health but, with more than eight in 10 people now fully vaccinated, we are able to take these steps to lower the cost of testing and help the sector to continue in its recovery.”
The easing of the quarantine and testing regulations – announced last month – has been welcomed by the travel sector.
Airlines and tour operators have been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic, and have accused the Government of being too slow to relax and simplify the rules for international travel.
The airline industry has been hit hard by the pandemic (Steve Parsons/PA)
Tim Alderslade, chief executive of Airlines UK, a trade body representing UK carriers, said: “Things are moving in the right direction and the removal of these restrictions will make it easier and cheaper for people to travel.
“We’ve seen a good response to the announcement in terms of bookings and, given current trends, we would hope to see more countries come off the red list and further mutual recognition of vaccine status.
“There is still much to do though. This is not job done, and ministers need to keep in mind that we remain an outlier on arrivals testing for vaccinated passengers.
“In the short-term the removal of PCR testing by the October half-term week is critical, and we look forward to clarity on the start date for this as soon as possible.”
No date has been set for when eligible fully vaccinated travellers arriving in England will be able to use a cheaper lateral flow test rather than a PCR version for the day-two post-arrival test.
The Department for Transport said the Government “aims to have it in place for when people return from half-term breaks”.
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