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US to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26

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Canada imposed similar rules for nearly all international arrivals starting Jan. 7, as have many other countries

David Shepardson | Reuters Washington
The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to sign an order on Tuesday expanding coronavirus testing requirements for nearly all international air travelers, not just from Britain, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
 
The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26.
 
The CDC has been urgently pressing for an expansion of the requirements with the Trump administration for weeks. One remaining issue is how to address some countries that have limited testing capacity and how