You will no longer need negative COVID test to enter US, official says. What to know

Travelers will no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test result to enter the U.S., White House assistant press secretary Kevin Munoz said.

The requirement is set to end at 12:01 a.m. on June 12, an official said on June 10, according to The Associated Press.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “will evaluate its need based on the science and in context of circulating variants,” Munoz said.

The current rules to enter the U.S. require incoming travelers ages 2 and older to take a COVID-19 test “no more than 1 day” before flying, according to the agency.

In 90 days, the CDC will review whether to uphold the end to the testing requirement, CNBC reported.

“If there is a need to reinstate a pre-departure testing requirement — including due to a new, concerning variant — CDC will not hesitate to act,” an official said, according to the outlet.

This announcement comes after the mask mandate for planes, trains and public transportation hubs was lifted following the decision of a federal judge in Florida in April, McClatchy News previously reported.

In the U.S., the infectious omicron variant and its subvariants continue to make up almost all cases as of June 4, according to the CDC.

As of June 3, the agency reported COVID-19 cases were rising nationwide.

This story was originally published June 10, 2022 at 10:38 AM with the headline "You will no longer need negative COVID test to enter US, official says. What to know."

Julia Marnin

McClatchy DC

Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.