( Observer Network News) On December 28 local time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that passengers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau flying to the United States will be required to provide a negative test certificate or recovery document for the new crown. . The US CDC claims that this move is to reduce the number of boarding passengers infected with the new crown and "help slow the emergence of the spread of the virus." The agency also stated that it will continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments if necessary )plan.
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The US CDC announced that this measure will be implemented from 12:01 am on January 5, 2023, US Eastern Time, and all air passengers from China who are two years old and above must undergo PCR testing ( For tests such as " nucleic acid test ") or antigen self-test, the test time should be no more than 2 days before leaving mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, and the negative test result should be presented to the airline at the time of departure.
The US CDC stated that this measure should be taken regardless of the passenger's nationality and vaccination status. The measure also applies to passengers departing from China and transiting through the United States to other destinations.
In addition, in addition to applying this requirement to non-stop flights from China, passengers transiting through Incheon International Airport in South Korea, Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, and Vancouver International Airport passengers who have been in China in the past 10 days, You also need to provide the test results 2 days before you go to the United States. The US CDC explained that the above three transit hubs cover the vast majority of passengers departing from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau (transiting to the United States).
The US CDC announced that passengers who tested positive for the new crown more than 10 days before the flight departure can provide proof of recovery from the new crown instead of a negative test result. The US CDC requires that airlines must confirm that all passengers have tested negative or have provided proof of recovery before boarding or denying passengers boarding.
The US CDC has also launched a voluntary Genome Surveillance Program (TGS) for passengers. The US CDC stated that this program can serve as an early warning system to detect and characterize new and rare variants of the new coronavirus. The US CDC stated that the genome monitoring program collects anonymous nasal swabs of international passengers arriving on selected flights at major international airports in the United States. If the new coronavirus is detected, the program will sequence the genome of the virus to identify whether it is a new variant.
