{"id":1511467,"date":"2022-06-11T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T02:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1511467"},"modified":"2022-06-11T22:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T02:51:18","slug":"u-s-finally-drops-covid-testing-requirement-for-international-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-finally-drops-covid-testing-requirement-for-international-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Finally Drops COVID Testing Requirement for International Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-finally-drops-covid-testing-requirement-for-international-travelers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1511467&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-white-house\">White House<\/a> announced Friday it will drop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> testing requirements for international air travel, according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u201cwill end COVID-19 testing requirement for air travelers entering the country,\u201d said White House spokesman Kevin Munoz, adding that it \u201cwill evaluate its need based on the science and in context of circulating variants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Munoz was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMunoz46\/status\/1535254999088906241\">responding to a report<\/a> from CNN, which cited an unnamed administration official, that said the testing requirement would be dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Since COVID-19 testing became mandatory in January 2021, CDC has often changed the rules for entering the United States, while some have complained that the agency uses confusing language and terms. On the agency\u2019s website, it says that vaccinated travelers have to show a negative COVID-19 test one day before traveling\u2014not 24 hours before traveling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 1-day period is 1 day before the flight\u2019s departure. The Order uses a 1-day time frame instead of 24 hours to provide more flexibility to the air passenger and aircraft operator. By using a 1-day window, test acceptability does not depend on the time of the flight or the time of day that the test sample was taken,\u201d the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/testing-international-air-travelers.html\">says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, travel industry groups have often pressed the Biden administration to end the testing requirement, describing the rule as harmful and needless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite frankly, the only impact the pre-departure testing requirement is having is a chilling effect on an already fragile economy here in the U.S.,\u201d Airlines for America chief Nick Calio said in a statement in late May.<\/p>\n<p>And Roger Dow of the U.S. Travel Association said that as COVID-19 restrictions on numerous other businesses have been lifted, \u201cthe travel industry remains disproportionately harmed by this requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther countries with whom we directly compete for global travelers have removed their pre-departure testing requirements and reopened their tourism economies, putting the U.S. at a serious competitive disadvantage for export dollars,\u201d Dow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ustravel.org\/press\/time-now-white-house-must-remove-pre-departure-testing-requirement\">argued<\/a> in a May 31 statement after travel association officials met with White House staff in May.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines CEO Robert Isom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/airlines-step-up-push-get-us-drop-international-covid-19-testing-rule-2022-06-03\/\">told<\/a> Reuters last week that the longstanding COVID-19 testing requirements to enter the country were\u00a0\u201cnonsensical\u201d and were \u201cdepressing\u201d travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really frustrated, and this is something that is damaging not only U.S. travel, but it just doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d Isom said.<\/p>\n<p>A number of other countries have dropped negative testing requirements to enter their respective countries in recent months. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepointsguy.com\/news\/international-travel-testing-guide\/\">That includes Canada<\/a>, which in April dropped its pre-arrival testing requirement for vaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>Even some Democrat lawmakers applauded the White House announcement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad [the] CDC suspended the burdensome coronavirus testing requirement for international travelers, and I\u2019ll continue to do all I can to support the strong recovery of our hospitality industry,\u201d Sen. Debbie Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) said in a statement to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, a federal judge struck down the CDC\u2019s rule that required masks in airports, airplanes, and other forms of public transportation. The Department of Justice spokesperson said it would appeal the judge\u2019s order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House announced Friday it will drop COVID-19 testing requirements for international air travel, according to a spokesperson.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) \u201cwill end COVID-19 testing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}