Air travellers to United States must obtain negative Covid-19 test within 24 hours of travel

A Covid-19 test centre at Los Angeles International Airport
(LAX) on December 01, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images.

The new rules start from Monday, December 6 

New rules requiring international air travellers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative Covid-19 test within one day of travel will take effect Monday at 12:01am ET (05.01 GMT), according to an order issued late Thursday.

Under current rules, vaccinated international air travellers can present a negative test result obtained within three days of their day of departure. Unvaccinated travellers currently must get a negative Covid-19 test within one day of departure.

Beginning Monday, however, the CDC says "all air travellers, regardless of citizenship or vaccination status, will be required to show a negative pre-departure Covid-19 viral test taken the day before they board their flight to the United States."

By David Shepardson.

Ful story at Independent.