Order effective from Monday after highly infectious variant prompted many countries to shut borders to UK passengers
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The US government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for Covid-19 72 hours or less before their departure from Monday, amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement that all airline passengers arriving from the UK must test negative in order to fly to the US. The decision was a U-turn after the Trump administration told US airlines on Tuesday it was not planning to require any testing for arriving UK passengers.
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