U.S. will require airline passengers traveling from China to test negative for Covid

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Travelers check in at Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport in on Dec. 12, 2022, after China relaxed domestic travel restrictions.

Travelers check in at Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport in on Dec. 12, 2022, after China relaxed domestic travel restrictions.The Biden administration will require airline passengers traveling from China to test negative for Covid before entering the U.S., a federal health official said on Wednesday.

All travelers two years of age and older originating from China, Hong Kong or Macau will be required to get tested for Covid two days before their departure to the U.S., the health official said. The requirements, which apply regardless of nationality and vaccination status, starting Jan. 5. The testing requirements come as China battles a major outbreak of the virus after easing its stringent zero-Covid policy in the wake of social unrest earlier this year.

 

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But if the go from China to a different country (layover) and then to US it’s okay?

Why aren’t you calling the Biden admin xenophobic like you all called Trump when he imposed restrictions on same country for same reason THREE YEARS AGO!?! wevelearnednothing

With the southern border wide open to anybody that can walk across.

Too slow, should been enacted when CN lifted its zero policy. Simple mathematics

Trump was right but no one listened.

Too late

Sounds like a Trump policy, where’s the media outrage?

I believe the Democrats call that racism.

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