The U.S. to Request Negative COVID-19 Tests from Everyone Coming In

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All international travelers who arrive in the U.S. will have to showcase a negative Covid-19 test starting from January 26th, 2021, as the CDC recently announced. The order applies to both U.S. citizens and foreign travelers and it requires passengers who arrive by plane to show proof of a negative test not older than three days when they fly into the U.S. They can also show proof that they’ve recovered from the disease in the past or that they’ve received the vaccine.

Currently, residents of the U.S. are can’t travel to most of the world, and the countries that allow Americans have been requiring negative Covid tests for months, so this policy is long overdue.

The pandemic restrictions affected the number of international flights a lot in the past year. It’s estimated that there’s around 75% less travel than in previous years, and the numbers of domestic flights have also been down in the U.S.