The negative test on COVID-19 will be required even of American citizens and two-year-olds.
Passengers arriving in the United States by plane must present a negative VOCID-19 test performed in the three days prior to their flight, beginning January 26, according to the provisions of the Center for Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC).
The decision extends a test rule adopted in December following the emergence of the British strain of the coronavirus which is much more contagious than the one that has plagued the world for a year.
The CDC order states that all people, including citizens, must submit a negative COVID-19 test done three days before the flight.
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“This order applies to all passengers, 2 years of age or older, traveling to the United States by air, including U.S. citizens and legal residents. (…) All passengers from the United States arriving in the United States by airplane, a screening test shall be performed no later than 3 days before the departure of their flight and a record of a test with a negative result or documentation proving their recovery of the COVID-19 on the airline before boarding the plane, ”says the institution’s official website.
The CDC also recommends travelers be re-examined three to five days after arrival and stay closed for at least a week.
Examinations should be for the “current infection” and passengers should present to the airlines a written proof of their results before boarding.
In addition the restrictions already established for people who were in high-contagion countries such as European countries or Brazil 14 days prior to the trip remain in effect because “the CDC order does not replace presidential decrees.”
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“The submission of a negative VOCID-19 screening test or documentation proving your recovery of VOCID-19 on the airline before boarding the aircraft does not exempt foreign nationals from travel restrictions included in presidential decrees With specific exceptions, several presidential decrees suspend and limit the entry into the United States of those foreign nationals, whether immigrants or nonimmigrants, who have been physically present in any of the specific countries during a 14-day period before entering or attempting to enter the United States, “the page explains.
Another noteworthy detail is that citizens traveling from one state to another or territories of the United States are excluded from the order: The order to submit documentation of a VOCID-19 detection test or a VOCID-19 recovery documentation does not apply to passengers flying from U.S. territory or possession to a U.S. state. UU.
In the event that the passenger does not present the detection test of the VOCID-19 with a negative result or the recovery documentation, the airlines do not have to authorize the boarding of the aircraft.
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According to a Los Angeles migration lawyer, known on his Tik Tok channel as Julio, the order also applies to passengers with offline flights and emphasizes that it includes every passenger up to two-year-olds.
Other variants were also reported in South Africa and Brazil. Japan said Tuesday it is working to isolate and analyze a variant found in four passengers arriving from Brazil.
Epidemiologists warned that the new and most contagious strains are likely already in the United States where more than 379,000 died from COVID-19.