UK, Grenada, Saudi Arabia: More countries open to fully vaccinated travelers

(CNN) — There’s one menacing global traveler currently racing through countries faster than Phileas Fogg and its name is the Delta variant.

So how are countries responding? Here are 10 things we learned in pandemic travel this week.

1. The US is keeping its travel restrictions…

Covid-19 cases are rising in all 50 states as experts warn that unvaccinated individuals are accounting for most new cases. CNN’s Natasha Chen reports.

The United States is not going to start welcoming tourists from EU member states, the UK, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil anytime soon.

A White House official told CNN on Monday that it would be maintaining existing coronavirus travel restrictions amid surging cases triggered by the Delta variant.
On the same day, the US State Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new advisories for five nations, citing the rise in Covid cases.
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Where fully vaccinated Americans can go

Corrections & clarifications: Germany’s, Spain’s and Italy’s entry requirements have been updated.

As vaccination levels continue to rise in the U.S. and around the world, countries that had been off limits to foreigners for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic are beginning to reopen.

On June 18, the European Union added the U.S. to a list of countries for which travel restrictions should gradually be lifted. The list applies to all American tourists, vaccinated or not, for nonessential travel.

The recommendation is not legally binding, and the decision on how and when to reopen borders is up to each individual member country.

Europe travel restrictions for vaccinated visitors:Making sense of rules in France, Spain, Italy

► Spain reopens:  Vaccinated Americans can now visit 

In April, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fully vaccinated Americans could resume travel at low risk to

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