U.S. to expand COVID-19 testing for air travelers
Nearly all travelers flying to the United States will need to provide a negative coronavirus test, under expanded testing requirements announced on Tuesday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that nearly all travelers, including U.S. citizens, will need to show a negative test within three days of departure or documentation of recovery from COVID-19.
All travelers aged 2 and older must comply except when they're only transiting through the U.S.
The CDC will also consider waiving test requirements for airlines flying to countries with little to no testing capacity, including some places in the Caribbean.
The order broadens a requirement imposed in December for travelers arriving from the UK, as a more transmissible COVID-19 variant circulated there.
Earlier this month, major U.S. airlines backed the CDC's push to implement a global testing requirement.
Other countries began enforcing similar rules for foreign arrivals, including Canada last week.
The new rules in the U.S. will take effect on January 26.
