U.S. Puts Tougher Covid Test Requirements on Inbound Flyers Over Omicron Spread
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New regulations won't be welcomed by the travel industry, and airlines in particular, so soon after the country reopened its borders on Nov. 8.
U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that passengers flying to the U.S. will need to show a negative Covid-19 test performed within one day of departure as the spread of the Omicron variant continues to raise concerns.
The new rule, certain to be controversial, goes into effect during the week of December 6. It comes after the country's first official Omicron variant case was detected in California, discovered in a fully vaccinated patient who had recently returned from South Africa.
The White House did not specify whether the required test should be a PCR, or whether it could be a rapid test, in its statement.
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