Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
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Joe Biden: Democrats say defending Trump’s ouster is “totally without merit.” A defense treaty between the United States and Israel has advantages and endangers the White House: Biden will not spend much time watching the trial of Trump’s dismissal MOREFirst confirmed cabinet members told “Axios on HBO” that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) engage in an “active conversation” about whether to implement the requirement.
“What I can tell you is that it will be guided by the data, by science, by medicine and by the input of the people who will really have to carry this out,” he said. “But here’s the thing: the safer we can make traveling by plane in terms of both perception and reality, the more people will be ready to get back on the air.”
Buttigieg’s comments about a possible madnate of testing come after the CDC introduced a requirement for travelers on international flights to the United States to give negative evidence of the virus that has infected more than 27 million and killed more than 464,000 in the United States alone. United, according to Johns Hopkins University. data.
Test rules for international flights came when U.S. officials expressed concern about COVID-19 variants found in the UK and South Africa that are more contagious than the original strain. Both variants have been found in several U.S. states, with 690 UK strain cases in 33 states and six South African strain cases in three states, according to CDC data..
Monday, CDC director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle Walensky: The CDC could set school reopening requirements this week, according to Biden, Maine governor warns against Super Bowl parties Republicans are looking to beat Democrats in reopening schools MORE responded to a question about testing at airports saying more tests could help reduce the spread, especially of infected people who show no symptoms.
The Department of Transportation announced Monday that Buttigieg plans to quarantine it after a member of his security detail tested positive for COVID-19 after being at the secretary early in the morning. Since then, Buttigieg has been negative and has yet to show symptoms.