The U-S is lifting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign air travellers and at the border as of May 12th.
Canada ended its vaccination requirements for foreign visitors back in October.
The White House says deaths from COVID-19 around the world are at their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic, and 95 per cent lower in the U-S than they were in January 2021.
City officials also have visited Chinatowns in San Francisco and Oakland this week to address residents' safety concerns and condemn the violence.
Tedros added that WHO expected to make a decision “in the next few days” on whether it would recommend an emergency use listing for the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The vaccines being rolled out now require two doses, and people are supposed to get two shots of the same kind, weeks apart.
The Pew Research Center poll out today finds optimism for the future among a majority of 4,000 respondents in the U.S., the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says Johnson and Johnson's vaccine has virtues beyond an efficacy rate that lags that of its predecessors.
AstraZeneca: Developed with Oxford University; authorized by more than 40 countries, including Britain, India, Argentina, Mexico and the European Union.