Travel Alert: U.S. to require people flying from the U.K. to test negative for Covid, CDC says

[igoyougoduke 1,662]

The United States will begin requiring people flying in from the U.K. to test negative for Covid-19 no more than 72 hours before departure, the CDC said in a late Thursday statement.

 

- Source CNBC 

[Allovertheworld 355]

What if they try to fly to like Hong Kong first. Can they circumvent the policy?

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2020 by Allovertheworld

[Ban Hammer 13,429]

18 hours ago, igoyougoduke said:

The United States will begin requiring people flying in from the U.K. to test negative for Covid-19 no more than 72 hours before departure, the CDC said in a late Thursday statement.

 

- Source CNBC 

in the future, please provide the link to story

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/25/us-to-require-people-flying-from-the-uk-to-test-negative-for-covid-cdc-says.html

[igoyougoduke 1,662]

20 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

in the future, please provide the link to story

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/25/us-to-require-people-flying-from-the-uk-to-test-negative-for-covid-cdc-says.html

i thought outside links were banned. Iam confused 

[laylalex 7,293]

5 hours ago, igoyougoduke said:

i thought outside links were banned. Iam confused 

No, outside links are fine if they are to a news story when the topic is one that is in the news.

 

My husband is currently caught up in this. He was taking advantage of the shortened 5 day quarantine if you test negative using a test from one of certain service providers. Not cheap, but he had family he hadn't seen since early March. Within a couple of days of arriving, London (where he was quarantining) went to Tier 4 and then this on top of it all... well, he has had to rejig a couple of things but he is still on target to come home on the 1st, and his ticket is flexible for changes if he tests positive or results are delayed. It's more of a pain in the butt than anything else.

On 12/25/2020 at 4:58 AM, Allovertheworld said:

What if they try to fly to like Hong Kong first. Can they circumvent the policy?

No. If your travel originated in the UK you must present a negative result using the PCR or antigen test. The CDC has guidance: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-UK-air-travelers.html