US Still Not Close To Lifting Restrictions on International Travel
PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT Despite intense pressure from the travel industry and warnings of "dire economic consequences," the Biden administration has no immediate plans to lift any international travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a White House official. "We have made tremendous progress domestically in our vaccination efforts, as have many of these other countries, but we want to ensure that we move deliberately and are in a position to sustainably reopen international travel when it is safe to do so," an unidentified White House official told Reuters on Wednesday. The statement comes one month after the administration launched…