The Biden administration is tightening travel rules to the U.S., requiring all in-bound international passengers to test for Covid within 24 hours of departure.
The Biden administration is tightening travel rules to and within the U.S., requiring all in-bound international passengers to test for Covid within 24 hours of departure.
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 vaccine shots administered in the US in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 25, 2021.The Biden administration is tightening travel rules to and within the U.S., requiring all in-bound international passengers to test for Covid within 24 hours of departure and extending its mask requirement on all domestic flights and public transportation through March 18.
The U.S. joined that list after confirming its first case of the variant in Northern California on Wednesday. The mask mandate, which was originally supposed to expire in January, requires masking while on buses, trains, planes and transportation hubs such as indoor bus terminals and airports. Fines will remain
The administration had given businesses with 100 or more employees until Jan. 4 to ensure their staff are either vaccinated against Covid-19, or submit a negative test weekly before entering the workplace. Unvaccinated employees were also supposed to start wearing masks indoors at the workplace on Dec. 5.suspended enforcement and implementation of the requirements earlier this monthMore than two dozen lawsuits have been filed to overturn the Biden policy.
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