WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is weighing stricter Covid-19 testing necessities for vacationers coming into the U.S., together with U.S. residents, to sluggish the unfold of the emerging Omicron variant.
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated guidelines into consideration would require all travelers, no matter their vaccination standing, to current a unfavorable Covid-19 take a look at inside 24 hours of boarding a aircraft to the U.S., moderately than the 72 hours at the moment allowed for vaccinated vacationers. Vacationers may be required to take a second take a look at three to 5 days after arriving within the U.S.