U.S. to require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from U.K.
In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, passengers queue for check-in at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England, south of London. The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday, Dec. 24. The U.S. is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading in Britain. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
Published December 26. 2020 12:16AM
Paulina Firozi and Michael Laris
US will require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from the United Kingdom
By Russell Goldman New York Times,Updated December 25, 2020, 5:09 a.m.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg
The United States will require all airline passengers arriving from Britain to test negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their departure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The move comes as a new highly transmissible variant of the virus, which first appeared in Britain, has led countries to seal their borders to travelers from there.
U.S. will require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from the United Kingdom
Michael Laris, The Washington Post
Dec. 24, 2020
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A ground crew member loads baggage on a Delta Air Lines plane at Salt Lake City International airport in Utah. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Angus MordantAngus Mordant, Bloomberg / Bloomberg
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday night issued a coronavirus testing mandate for American citizens and others flying from the United Kingdom, a move U.S. officials hope will thwart a new faster-spreading variant of the virus without banning passenger flights.
The move could potentially affect tens of thousands of travelers per month but it stops short of an outright halt, as dozens of other nations, including Canada, have done.