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The US will not lift its existing travel restrictions due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus and increasing COVID-19 cases, Reuters reported.
"Given where we are today with the Delta variant, the United States will maintain existing travel restrictions at this point," an anonymous White House official told the news outlet.
Coronavirus cases are increasing in several states among the unvaccinated and the Delta variant, which was first identified in India, is rapidly spreading across the nation.
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