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Testing requirements. what travelers need to know is there is now a one-day window for you to get a negative covid test back if you are abroad or you're planning to travel abroad any time soon, you'll need the negative test result within the one-day window before you can enter the united states. while people have been getting tests while they travel, this tighter timeline is going to be something that people need to plan around. not only because not every country has the same testing infrastructure. but also because at some hotels and resorts, these tests can cost north of $100. this is going ...

Plan ahead. not only logistically, but also potentially with their budgets because not every country has the same testing infrastructure that we have here, so depending on where you are, your test may not be free. sometimes these pcr tests can cost north of $100. travelers starting today need to plan ahead. we've already met some folks here on the ground who scrambled, got multiple tests in case one wasn't accepted, and we expect to see that same kind of preparation and in some cases confusion, frankly, in the coming days, andrea. >> thanks so much. and yamiche alcindor, dr. fauci said yesterd...

Whether you're vaccinated, unvaccinated, no matter what country you're coming from, this applies to everyone. and it used to be that 72 -hour window. while getting a test may not sound like a major deal, it really is a more tightened timeline, and people who are traveling to perhaps more remote countries or to places where they're not sure what the testing infrastructure looks like, they really need to start planning ahead. i met a woman earlier this week who was on her way to bangladesh who was already trying to strategize about how to get home. we had a conversation this morning with a famil...

Testing infrastructure. we went up to many couple of a million tests a day. testing is usual when you can screen people. >> first of all, i personally had a false positive by one of t thosover the could nter test. i get tested once a week because i have a class of 160 students that i teach twice a week. testing has a very important role. we never properly created the testing infrastructure and if they had a rapid test, it's possible they are false positives and that subsequent test confirms through pcr they are negative. that's perfectly possible. >> why is the rapid getting it

With testing right from the start. the cdc got the test right at the start wrong. we never built up the right testing infrastructure. we -- and up to many couple million tests a day. but now we're down at about 600,000 tests a day. only testing people who are very suspicious, actually, have the disease. but testing is useful when you can actually screen people. first of all -- >> what does that mean -- >> i've personally had a false positive on one of those over the counter tests. i get tested every monday when i go to the university to teach, to be sure to reassure my students and to reassure...