US to end Covid-19 testing requirement for air travellers entering country

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This comes after pressure from airlines and the travel industry as they stated the policy had been out of date for months

The Biden administration will today announce that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will end its requirement that people entering the country test negative for Covid-19.READ MORE:Tanaiste Leo Varadkar warns of Covid 'summer wave' as grim winter predictions madeIt was having a chilling effect on an already fragile economy, according to Airlines for America chief Nick Calio, whose group met recently with White House officials.

He said the CDC will monitor “based on the science and in context of circulating variants” but for now deemed testing was no longer necessary. The change comes six weeks after a federal judge lifted the CDC requirement to wear masks on all trains, planes, buses and public transport hubs. “There is huge demand from the Irish market for travel to the US. Not just for holidays, but for visits to friends and family.

 

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