U.S. to end COVID test requirement for international travelers

Airport COVID testing.
(Image credit: Allison Zaucha/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Biden administration will announce Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ending its requirement that international travelers procure a negative COVID test before flying to the U.S., CNN reports per a senior administration official.

The change will reportedly go into effect at midnight on Sunday. The mandate has been in effect since January 2021.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.