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New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday
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New rules requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT), according to an order issued late Thursday. New U.S. COVID-19 international travel testing rules take effect Monday
New rules requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01 a.m. ET (0501 GMT), according to an order issued late Thursday.
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast.
From next week, international travellers to the US, including Americans, must take a Covid test no more than one day before travel, regardless of vaccination status.
Those recently recovered may provide "proof of recovery" documents instead.
Mask requirements on planes, trains and buses will be extended until mid-March.
Millions of free and insurer-funded home tests will also be made available.
Ten cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the US: in California, Colorado, Minnesota, and New York, and in Hawaii, where authorities say that person had no recent travel history.
