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US-bound travellers must have Covid home tests monitored on video

Destinations
Rob Gill
3 November 2021

Travellers going to the US from 8 November will be able to take a home or self-test as proof of being Covid-19 negative, but the process will have to be monitored using an online video link.

Antigen Covid Testing for travellers returning to England looks set to end in time for half-term (Credit: Medakit)

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just unveiled more details of what international travellers have to do before arriving in the country when it reopens next Monday.


All passengers aged two and above will be required to take a Covid test, regardless of whether they are fully vaccinated or not, before boarding their flight to the US. Antigen or lateral flow tests will be accepted by US authorities.