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US lifts COVID testing requirement for all incoming flyers

June 11, 2022789 Views

International travelers will no longer need to show proof of a negative coronavirus test before boarding flights to the United States, federal health officials announced Friday, ending one of the nation’s last pandemic-related travel requirements. The requirement will end at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that the requirement will end early Sunday morning. The health agency said it will continue to monitor state of the pandemic and will reassess the need for a testing requirement if the situation changes. “This step is possible because of the progress we’ve made in our fight against COVID-19,” said U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. FILE PHOTO: Travelers pass a sign near a COVID-19 testing site in Terminal E at Logan Airpo...

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‘What will be, will be’: New York City tourists unfazed by Omicron

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December 3, 2021294 Views

The holiday season promises peak travel cheer in New York, with more visitors on the streets and in stores, but the emergence of the heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant threatens to throw a wrench into the tourism industry's recovery. "Just when you think you got the answer, it seems like this virus is constantly changing the question," said Mark Williams, a New York operator at Big Bus Tours, one of the world's largest open-top sightseeing tour bus companies. Travel website Kayak said searches related to international travel to New York have spiked 50% since the COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international visitors were lifted on Nov. 8. "There is definitely a lot of pent-up demand for people wanting to get to New York City," said Kayak CEO Steve H...

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U.S. will re-open to vaccinated international travelers

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September 20, 2021402 Views

Travelers from India, China, Britain will be allowed as well The United States will re-open to air passengers from China, India, Britain and many other European countries who have received COVID-19 vaccines in early November, the White House said Monday, rolling back tough pandemic-related travel restrictions that started early last year. FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk past artwork between terminals at IAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S. REUTERS/Adrees Latif The White House plans to allow non-U.S. citizen travelers from countries who have been barred from the United States since early 2020 as it moves to the new requirements, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said. The U.S. restri...