Biden Administration To Lay Down New Travel Restrictions As Omicron Concerns Grow

Daily Mail: Biden previews his winter COVID plan: President insists he WON'T rely on shutdowns or lockdowns and will instead focus on vaccines, testing and 'much more' in major speech on Thursday 

* President Joe Biden said he'll reveal later Thursday his strategy to fight off COVID and its new variant Omicron this winter * He indicated it's vaccines and boosters, not lockdowns and shutdowns 

* 'On Thursday, I'll put forward a detailed strategy outline and how we're gonna fight this COVID this winter,' he said 

* 'Not with shutdowns and lockdowns - with more widespread vaccination, boosters, testing and much more,' he added 

* Biden will visit National Institutes of Health on Thursday 

* Biden was in Minnesota to tout his infrastructure law and push for the Senate to pass his Build Back Better bill 

* He visited the Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, Minn. 

* Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Cabinet members and senior administration officials will travel across the country to tout infrastructure 

* Senate still needs to pass Biden's $1.75 trillion social safety net bill 

* Trip comes as inflation grows, uncertainty about Omicron spreads 

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he'll reveal later this week his strategy to fight off COVID and its new variant Omicron this winter but indicated it won't be 'shutdowns and lockdowns.' 

'On Thursday, I'll put forward a detailed strategy outline and how we're gonna fight this COVID this winter, not with shutdowns and lockdowns - with more widespread vaccination, boosters, testing and much more,' he said during a stop in Minnesota to tout his congressional agenda. 

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Biden will lay down new travel restrictions as Omicron threatens -- Politico  

Biden administration is considering forcing all travelers returning to the US to quarantine for SEVEN DAYS to curb spread of COVID omicron variant - and may FINE people who flout it -- Daily Mail  

Biden administration considering requiring stricter coronavirus testing for everyone traveling to US -- CNN  

Biden will lay down new travel restrictions as Omicron threatens -- Politico  

Experts say it is too early to worry about the Omicron variant in the US - but that people should still take precautions to protect themselves from the new strain AND the Delta variant -- Daily Mail