Passengers arrive on a flight from London amid new restrictions to forestall the unfold of coronavirus illness (COVID-19) at JFK Worldwide Airport in New York, December 21, 2020.
Eduardo Munoz | Reuters
The U.S. will quickly require airline passengers to show they just lately examined detrimental for Covid-19 earlier than flying to the nation, in accordance with folks briefed on the plan.
The measure, which goals to curb the unfold of the illness, comes as new circumstances hit information.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention’s requirement for detrimental Covid checks, which was reported earlier by The Wall Avenue Journal, might take impact on Jan. 26, in accordance with one of many folks. The CDC, State Division and Transportation Division did not instantly reply to requests for remark.
The CDC final month began requiring detrimental Covid checks for vacationers flying from the U.Ok., as a extra contagious pressure of the virus was detected there, although it has since been discovered across the U.S.
Worldwide air journey stays extraordinarily depressed due to the virus and journey restrictions that prohibit many foreigners from getting into the U.S.
December worldwide arrivals by air had been down 76% from a yr earlier, with noncitizen arrivals down 83%, in accordance with Airways for America, a commerce group that represents most massive U.S. airways.
