Buttigieg Says No Firm Date to Lift International Traveler Bans
- Transportation chief says decisions are based on conditions
- Buttigieg cites vaccine progress, emerging Covid-19 variants
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is not yet ready to lift restrictions on international travel to the U.S., even as it touts progress against Covid-19 in other areas including domestic travel.
“Unfortunately it can’t be based on an arbitrary date, it has to be based on conditions,” Buttigieg said in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance” program, noting the U.S. has working groups with the U.K., the European Union, Canada and Mexico to determine when it will be appropriate to lift the bans.