The White House said Friday that the Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month in a bid to curb of the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Kevin Munoz, spokesperson for the White House, said in a tweet that President Joe Biden will lift the restrictions on Dec. 31, adding that the move was recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The restrictions gave us time to understand Omicron and we know our existing vaccines work against Omicron, esp boosted,” Munoz said. After Omicron was detected in southern Africa last month, the Biden administration barred entry to the United States for nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in Botswana, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, and South Africa. U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, as well as noncitizens who are the spouses of …