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By Ken Storey
on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 5:06 PM
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Passengers on a flight to Tunisia were all tested for COVID-19 before departing from Dubai. Emirates is the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers.
While progress is finally being made in the fight against the deadly pandemic that has shut down most of the world, the fact remains it will be years before we will be truly beyond the threat COVID-19 poses. Even as vaccines begin to roll out, many nations remain hesitant to reopen their borders, especially to Americans who have shown their unwillingness to do what is necessary to slow the virus' spread. This has meant many nations are now requiring proof of a vaccine or antibody test before admission into the country. Now, the United States has implemented the same rule.