WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to sign an order on Tuesday expanding coronavirus testing requirements for all international air travelers beyond Britain, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
The new rules are set to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed, which would be Jan. 26.
CDC has been urgently pressing for an expansion of the requirements with the Trump administration for weeks. One remaining issue is how to address some countries that have limited testing capacity and how the CDC would address travel to those countries, the sources said.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)
