The United States will no longer require as of this Friday a negative test of COVID-19 to travelers from China, Hong Kong or Macau who enter the country by air, as announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English).
“This termination is effective for flights departing to the United States from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao, and designated airports at 3:00 a.m. on March 10, 2023,” they said in a statement.
In this sense, the measure requiring a negative virus test, in force since January 5, will also no longer apply to passengers who fly via links with third countries, including Seoul, Toronto and Vancouver.
Cases and deaths have dropped sharply in China since it peaked at the end of December, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), although Beijing continues to require PCR tests for travelers from the United States for now. , as reported by Bloomberg.
