US to Require All Inbound Foreign Air Passengers to Get COVID Test the Day Before

US to Require All Inbound Foreign Air Passengers to Get COVID Test the Day Before
People travel to the United States at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Dec. 3, 2021. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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WASHINGTON—U.S. President Joe Biden set out to turn the tables on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday with a 10-point winter offensive against the Omicron variant that further complicates flying from Canada to the United States on the eve of the holiday travel season.

As early as Monday, Canadians and all other foreign visitors who travel to the U.S. by air will need to get a COVID-19 test no later than one day before their departure.