The United States will lift travel restrictions on eight African countries on December 31, which were imposed to slow the spread of the Omicron variant, a White House spokesman said on Twitter on Friday.
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Arriving on American soil is currently prohibited for people coming from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
