Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The Biden administration will announce on Friday that the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lift its requirement for all travelers entering the United States to test negative for COVID-19. The move will go in effect for all U.S.-bound travelers at midnight on Sunday, according to a senior administration official. The measure had been in place since January 2021.