- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - …travelers to the US need negative COVID-19 test and documentation of recovery issued by licensed health officer… Washington D.C., Tuesday, 2 February 2020 — Zambia’s Ambassador to the United States H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe has called on Zambians to pay particular attention to COVID-19 travel obligations that require travelers to the USA to have a negative pre-departure test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 for all airline or aircraft passengers two years of age or older arriving into the United States. According to the latest State Department travel advisory, each passenger traveling to the USA from any part of the world should have a negative pre-departure test for COVID-19.