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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The decision to reverse the order is not surprising, but the addition of South Africa to the restricted travel list highlights the new administration’s concern about mutations in the virus.

Americans risk traveling over Thanksgiving despite warnings

By Lisa Marie Pane, Sophia Tulp, Associated Press

Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their…

For holiday travel, England uses tests to reduce quarantines

By Pan Pylas, Associated Press

Just in time for holiday travelers, England is cutting the two-week quarantine facing people arriving from regions not on the British government's coronavirus safe list, reducing it to as little as five days if they test negative for COVID-19.

Thanksgiving could be make-or-break in U.S. virus response

By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press

As governors and mayors grapple with an out-of-control pandemic, they are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings, which have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus.

EU finalizing virus 'safe list,' U.S. unlikely to make the cut

By Lorne Cook, Associated Press

The European Union is edging toward finalizing a list of countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Europe again in coming days, with Americans almost certain to be excluded in the short term due to the number of U.S.

Countries go on lockdown erupt as world infections surpass those in China

By Aritz Parra, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

Spain officially became the fourth-most infected country in the world, surpassing South Korea as its arc of contagion curved higher.

Trump announces U.S. suspending all travel from Europe to combat virus

By Molly Finnegan

President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation on Wednesday that the United States will suspend all travel from Europe to the U.S. for the next 30 days, effective at midnight.

New visa restrictions set off 'panic wave' in immigrant communities

By Philip Marcelo, Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

A Dallas immigration lawyer from Nigeria says her phone has been ringing nonstop. The United African Organization has held legal clinics in Chicago to walk people through their options.

Trump administration bans educational and recreational travel to Cuba

By Matthew Lee, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press

A Treasury Department statement says the U.S. will no longer allow the group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to the island.

Trump's new travel ban, by the numbers

By Ellis Kim

On Sunday, President Donald Trump issued a new travel ban, the latest in a series of moves aimed at stopping travel from certain countries to the United States. Here’s a breakdown of the new ban.