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COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Travel to the United States
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December 3, 2021

December 03, 2021: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) amended its October 25, 2021 Order, titled, “Requirement for Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test or Recovery from COVID-19 for All Air Passengers Arriving in the United States.” This amendment updates COVID-19 testing requirements for air passengers 2 years or older boarding a flight to the United States.
All air passengers, vaccinated non-U.S. citizens as well as all U.S. citizens, 2 years or older with a flight departing to the United States from a foreign country at or after 12:01am EST (5:01am GMT) on December 6, 2021, are required to show a negative COVID-19 viral (PCR or antigen) test result taken no more than 1 day before travel, or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 in the past 90 days, before they board their flight.
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