After two years of pandemic, there are many countries that continue to have entry restrictions because of COVID. Some, like the US, require a negative test and approved vaccination. Others, like Japan, only allow citizens and visa holders to enter. As The World’s Lucía Benavides reports, this has become one more hurdle for multinational families separated by borders.
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