The USA will require a negative test to travelers carried out 24 hours before the trip

The measure will be implemented from Monday, and requires a test carried out 24 hours before the flight

As of this Monday, December 6, the United States government will require all travelers who wish to enter its territory, a negative coronavirus test carried out 24 hours before the flight, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or not.

The measure, taken by the White House, seeks to curb the spread of the new variant of Covid-19, called omicron, classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "worrying."

The administration of President Joe Biden, has explained that the rule implemented for all people who travel to the North American nation in the following days, will guarantee a higher level of protection of public health, while scientists and researchers observe the evolution of omicron.

Until now, the United States required air travelers anticovid tests carried out before leaving their countries, both those vaccinated and unvaccinated, with the latter being more demanding.

Changes in measurement

The US authorities asked the unvaccinated ones a negative test carried out 24 hours before the flight, while the vaccinated ones were required 72 hours before the trip, now the rule applies to all people.

Joe Biden's action, announced this Thursday, December 2, in the context of his winter plan against Covid-19, has 8 more provisions.

Likewise, Washington has indicated that travelers will not remain in quarantine for a certain time after their arrival in the nation, and they will not have to undergo anticovid tests two or three days after entering the United States.

The measure does include a campaign to promote the booster vaccine against Covid-19 among adults, it also wants to increase the number of immunized children, access to free tests at home and improve protection at work sites.

The Biden program also includes actions to reinforce the rapid response teams to reported cases, the supply of new pills used for the treatment against coronavirus, after approval by the Food and Drug Administration.

Ómicron in the United States

This Wednesday the United States government confirmed the first case of Covid-19 of the omicron variant, which was reported in California, corresponding to a person who had returned from South Africa on November 22.

The second case of the variant, this was reported this Thursday in the state of Minnesota, and it is about a person who had traveled to New York to participate in the Anime NYC 2021 convention, where about 53 thousand people attended.

To date, the United States has been the country most affected by the pandemic, with 48.1 million cases, and at least 780 thousand deaths as a result of the virus that began in China at the end of 2019, and was declared a pandemic in March 2020.