The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC recently reported that the order requiring individuals to show a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of COVID-19 recovery before boarding a flight to the United States was rescinded effective Sunday, June 12, 2022.
This means that, as of that date, air passengers will not need to be tested and show the COVID-19 test result or COVID-19 retrieval documentation before boarding a flight to the U.S.
The COVID-19 pandemic has now shifted to a new phase, CDC noted, due to the widespread acceptance of highly effective COVID-19 vaccines, the availability of therapies, and the accumulation of high rates of vaccine-induced immunity and population-level infections in the United States.
Each of these measures, he said, has contributed to reducing the risk of serious illness and death in the United States.
As a result, this requirement that was needed earlier in the pandemic may be withdrawn.
CDC continues to recommend that those travelers boarding a flight to the U.S. be tested for current infection with a viral test as close to the time of departure as possible (no more than 3 days) and that they not travel if they are ill.
They continue to evaluate the latest science and the status of the pandemic and will reassess the need for a testing requirement if the situation changes. CDC will communicate any updates publicly if necessary.
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