TRANSPORTATION BRIEFING: Biden Urged to Drop Covid Test Mandate

May 6, 2022, 10:09 AM UTC

The travel industry is increasing pressure on the administration to begin allowing vaccinated people to fly into the U.S. without first testing negative for Covid-19.

More than 250 travel groups and businesses, including airlines and airports, asked for the mandate to be dropped in a letter to White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha on Thursday. The administration has been mum on its plans to end the international testing requirements, which require a viral test no more than one day before a flight.

“Given the slow economic recovery of the business and international travel sectors, and in light of medical ...

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