U.S. CDC rescinds COVID-19 international air testing rules

Passengers travel through Logan Airport in Boston

WASHINGTON – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday issued an order rescinding a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the United States by air test negative for COVID-19.

The order signed by https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/pdf/rescission-global-testing-order-p.pdf.pdf CDC Director Rochelle Walensky takes effect for flights departing to the United States from a foreign country at or after 12:01 a.mm ET (0400 GMT) Sunday, the agency said.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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