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American visitors drive across the Canada-US border, cheering the reopening of the world's longest land boundary 17 months after all non-essential travel was halted to slow the spread of the coronavirus. "It was beautiful," says Richard Antaki, who plans to revisit Montreal, where he lived for a decade. IMAGES N°9KW2C9
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rochelle Walensky says fully vaccinated Americans can go without masks outdoors, except in crowded settings. SOUNDBITE
Cars line up at a drive-in vaccination facility in Miami, Florida. More than 10 million people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). IMAGES
On Sunday, Republicans and Democrats in Congress agreed upon a new $900 billion coronavirus relief bill. This includes sending out the second round of stimulus checks for adults. That's half the amount of the first round of stimulus checks in April. According to Insider polling, 62% of respondents believe that the $600 checks are too little. Additionally, 76% of respondents said the payments should be greater than $1,000. 43% said the checks should be $2,000 or more.
DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Only 22% of Americans in a new survey said they feel comfortable travelling right now. It's the lowest number UBS' weekly survey has found since July. Still, US airports saw their busiest days since March over Thanksgiving as many Americans ignored warnings not to travel. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Americans are growing increasingly hesitant about flying on planes, even as record numbers headed to airports over the Thanksgiving weekend. 22% of respondents said in a weekly survey by the investment bank UBS that they would feel comfortable traveling now, the lowest percentage since July.
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