Biden Administration Lifts Covid Test Requirements for Travelling to US

The Biden administration has withdrawn the requirement that all travelers test negative for the coronavirus before flying to the United States. According to an administration official, the change will take effect after midnight on June 12, and will be reassessed within 90 days by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Under current policy, international travelers flying to the United States must submit proof that their coronavirus test is negative, taken within a day of flying to the United States.

The health agency may decide to reintroduce the requirement if a new, worrying variant of the virus emerges, the official said. The government continues to recommend testing before air travel but believes that coronavirus vaccines and new treatments have made it possible to ease the requirements.

Airline stocks rose temporarily after the news, and the S&P airline index rose less than 1% on Friday morning before turning negative as stocks plummeted. Top airline executives have stated in the latest weeks that flyers had been worried approximately the danger of reserving global tours best to emerge as stranded in overseas countries.