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NEWS FLASH: The US is no longer requiring foreign COVID testing for entry into the country.

REVIEWS - 10-06-2022


In order to enter the United States, travellers will no longer need to show documentation of a negative COVID-19 test.


On Sunday, June 12th, at 12 a.m., the testing obligation will come to an end.


The rule will be phased out during the Biden administration, according to Assistant White House Press Secretary Kevin Munoz.
The announcement was expected to be made on Friday morning, according to CNN.
The mandate was enacted for the first time in January 2021. 
It was not promptly evident whether the timing applied to the flight's takeoff time or appearance time. The White House didn't promptly return a solicitation for input.

While the government cover order was overruled by a bureaucratic adjudicator in late-April and permitted to lapse on May 3, the testing necessity has stayed set up in spite of serious strain from carrier and travel industry gatherings. Pundits have said that the command doesn't seem to anily affect restricting the spread of COVID-19 cases or new variations.

Numerous different nations and locales, including the European Union and Canada, have recently dropped comparative prerequisites. Nonetheless, the United States has stayed the most conspicuous holdout among Western countries in requiring approaching voyagers to present a test to enter, in spite of different calls from U.S. aircrafts, the U.S. Senate, the global travel industry and explorers themselves to dump both.

The pre-departure testing requirement was originally imposed by the CDC in January 2021, and its applicability has modified several times since then.
Initially, all travellers were eligible to take a COVID-19 test three days before their departure to the United States, regardless of immunisation status.


The government revised this in November, requiring unvaccinated U.S. passengers to test within one day of departure while letting vaccinated travellers to stick to the three-day limit.


The government simplified entry requirements in December by shortening the previous testing window to require all travellers, regardless of vaccination status, to test within one day of departing for the United States. 
The predeparture testing provision has always applied equally to Americans and non-U.S. citizens, while the latter group's admittance has always been limited to those who can verify they are fully vaccinated.