The United States plans to mandate that all travelers arriving by air must present medical tests showing they are not infected with the coronavirus before boarding the plane.
According to U.S. media, Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will sign an order today, Tuesday, to expand testing requirements to include all international arrivals, including U.S. citizens. The implementation of these new provisions is expected to begin two weeks after the signing of the order, specifically on January 26. U.S. health authorities had previously taken similar measures against travelers from Britain due to the spread of a new variant of the virus in the UK that is considered to be more contagious.
This development follows the CDC's request to the Trump administration over several weeks to expand the restrictions aimed at containing the virus. The U.S. is currently facing multiple crises, as it holds the highest number of COVID-19 cases worldwide while also politically struggling to minimize losses before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
