CDC To Order Negative COVID-19 Tests From International Passengers Boarding US Flights

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to issue new guidelines that will require all international passengers boarding U.S. flights to get a negative COVID-19 test before flying.

People familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that the order could be issued on Tuesday and would go into effect as soon as Jan. 26. This order has been in discussions for weeks between the White House coronavirus task force and federal agencies, WSJ reported.

Negative COVID-19 tests to allow passengers into a country have not been uncommon in other parts of the world during the pandemic. The U.S. put that requirement on those traveling to the U.S. from the United Kingdom a couple of weeks ago due to the new coronavirus strain that was coming out of the area.

Despite the U.S. order for the United Kingdom, the UK strain of the coronavirus has been confirmed in multiple states across the country.

Read more at The Hill.

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