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US opens doors to international visitors as pandemic travel ban ends

Those crossing a land border from Mexico or Canada will require proof of vaccination but no test

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The rules that go into effect Monday allow air travel from a series of countries from which it has been restricted since the early days of the pandemic

John Leicester and Travis Loller | PTI
The US lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe, allowing tourists to make long-delayed trips and family members to reconnect with loved ones after more than a year and a half apart because of the pandemic.
 
“I'm going to jump into his arms, kiss him, touch him,” Gaye Camara said of the husband in New York she has not seen since before Covid-19 brought the fly-here-there-and-everywhere world to a halt.
 
“Just talking about it makes me emotional,” Camara, 40, said as she wheeled her luggage through Paris' Charles de

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