we need to learn to live with it. but we re not going to learn to live with it by locking down and shutting borders. the right answer is to get everyone vaccinated. changes to the transportation wide federal mask mandate was set to expire january 18th. it has been extended two months. the expiration date march 18th, 2022. that applies to all public forms of transportation, including planes, trains, buses, boats, and also here in terminals. john and brianna. pete muntean at dulles, thank you so much. one of the key questions overhanging all of this, what is the deal with omicron? how severe are the illnesses there? we get new information from south africa from one of the leading scientists there who may have some answers as to how severe the cases are. that s coming up. this week the biden administration is expected to announce a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 beijing winter
a three-day rule before and the cdc compressed this time line because of the concerns over the omicron variant. airlines say they are going to comply with this but they re really pushing back on the efficacy of all this. this is what united airlines ceo scott kirby told me. the reality is omicron is already out of south africa. it s already escaped, on every continent. covid is unique. covid is indemic. we need to learn to live with it but we re not going to learn to live with it locking down and shutting borders. the right answer is to get everyone vaccinated. reporter: remember this applies to foreign nationals and u.s. citizens, regardless of vaccination status. one other big change here also going into effect, the transportation-wide mask mandate, a federal rule. it was set to expire on january 18th, 2022, now it s been extended two months. the new expiration date march 18th, 2022 and it applies on all
it s spreading because it s had an opportunity to do this, so they re just being careful. it doesn t matter to me, honestly, i m just like, all right, cool, if that s what you need me to do, i ll do it. i ll do what i need to do to travel. it s less than testing because people may have contact with covid, and then you reduce the risk. another huge change when it comes to the federal transportation-wide mask mandate, was said to expire january 18th, in only a few weeks. now it s been given a two-month extension, the new expiration date march 18th, 2022. that applies on all forms of public transportation, planes, trains, buses, boats, also here in terminals especially when the numbers are so big, about 2 million people passed through security at america s airports just yesterday, victor and alisyn.
had contact people infected with covid and then you reduce the risk with the one-day testing. another big change when it comes to the federal transportation mask mandate was set to expire january 18th. now there s been a two-month extension. it s now set to expire march 18th, 2022. that applies to all public forms of transportation, not only planes but trains, buses, boats and also here in terminals, ana. this will apply to a lot of people because the numbers of travel remembers big. 2 million people passed through tsa checkpoints just yesterday. right now the u.s. is seeing spike in cases. elizabeth, talk to us more about where we are in this covid bottle as the u.s. implements these new travel restrictions. ana i want to show you two maps that i think really shows where we are today. first, i want to show you a map, if you look at this map, this map is from november 30th, and you ll see there are three states, just three states,
from the bite in white house. if i covid-19, we all need to stick together. by which they mean take the shot or you are simply not doing your part to keep the country safe. two parts persuasion, one part aspirational pitch by the president just ahead of what could be a long covid winter. i know covid-19 is very pervasive to become a political issue which is a sad, sad commentary. it shouldn t be. but it has been. now through the winter and facing the challenges of this new variance, this is a moment where we can put the divisiveness behind is. the updated plan to tackle covid-19 including the new variant requires all inbound international passengers to test covid within 24 hours departure. extends travel mask requirements on all domestic flights in public transportation through march 18th 2022. and makes at home rapid tests free and reimbursable through private insurance.