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> You would need more than just a pre-travel testing requirement. You would also have needed an arrival quarantine and post-arrival testing. Some of this is no
by jkaplowitz 6y ago
> You would need more than just a pre-travel testing requirement. You would also have needed an arrival quarantine and post-arrival testing.
Some of this is now present in parts of the US, such as New York state: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory
But indeed this wasn't in place at the start of the pandemic, and New York's ability to enforce it is quite weak.
Do we know if the new US federal order will allow the unreliable rapid tests to meet the requirement? Canada's similar requirement, added last Thursday, insists on either a PCR test or an RT-LAMP test. Edit: the wording in the CDC's FAQ requires a "viral test (NAAT or antigen)". I guess that does include the unreliable rapid kind.