Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg
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“What I can tell you is that it will be guided by data, by science, by medicine and by the input of people who are actually going to have to perform it,” he said. “But here’s the thing: the safer our air travel can be in terms of perception as well as reality, the more people are ready to get back on the air.”
Buttigieg’s remarks on a possible madnate test come after the CDC introduced a requirement for travelers on international flights to the US to test negative for the virus, which has infected more than 27 million and killed more than 464 000 in the US , according to Johns Hopkins University data.
The test rules for international flights came when US officials expressed concern about the COVID-19 variants found in the UK and South Africa, which are more contagious than the original type. Both variants have been found in several states in the US, with 690 cases of the British tribe in 33 states and six cases of the South African tribe in three states, according to CDC data.
Monday CDC Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyCDC could lay out reopening requirements for schools this week, says Biden’s governor in Maine against Super Bowl parties. The Republicans want to beat the Democrats MORE with the reopening of the school. responded to a question about airport tests by saying more tests could help reduce the spread, especially from infected people who do not show symptoms.
The Department of Transportation announced Monday that Buttigieg plans to quarantine after a member of his security detail tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting the secretary earlier in the morning. Buttigieg has meanwhile tested negative and has not yet shown symptoms.