(Steve Straub) The Biden administration caved under pressure from the travel industry, unions and even some lawmakers and now says no intention of requiring covid-19 testing on domestic flights.
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by Steve Straub, February 13th, 2021
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a briefing on Friday that “reports that there is an intention to put in place new requirements, such as testing, are not accurate.”
Late on Friday, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “at this time, CDC is not recommending required point of departure testing for domestic travel.” She added the CDC “will continue to review public health options for containing and mitigating spread of COVID-19 in the travel space.”
CDC said last month the agency was “actively looking” at expanding mandatory COVID-19 testing to U.S. domestic flights.
Psaki spoke after the chief executives of major U.S. airlines, including American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines, met virtually with White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients.
The CDC on Jan. 26 began requiring negative COVID-19 tests or evidence of recovery from the disease from nearly all U.S.-bound international passengers aged 2 and older.
“We had a very positive, constructive conversation focused on our shared commitment to science-based policies as we work together to end the pandemic, restore air travel and lead our nation toward recovery,” Nick Calio, chief executive of the Airlines for America industry group, said in a statement after the meeting on Friday.
The White House held a separate interagency meeting on Friday to discuss other coronavirus issues and plans to hold further talks on other travel-related issues including potentially expanding international testing to land border crossings.
The meeting of airline CEOs, Zients and other administration officials involved in COVID-19 issues came after the industry strongly objected to the possibility of requiring COVID-19 testing before domestic flights.
Southwest Airlines warned such a requirement could put jobs at risk and a major aviation union said it could lead to airline bankruptcies.
Health 'experts' denied the science for a year to control you, and until Americans stop playing their games, there will be no end to the madness.
If they tell you to wear a second mask, it might be time to tell them where to shove it. @FDRLSThttps://t.co/AjbOojvalP
— Kylee Griswold (@kyleezempel) February 12, 2021
Reuters contributed to this report.
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