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US to End Covid-19 Testing Requirements for International Travelers

CDC Ends Covid Testing

Beginning at midnight on Sunday, June 12, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to lift its requirement for all US-bound air travelers to test negative for Covid-19. An unnamed senior official of Joe Biden’s administration said the announcement is expected to come today, and the administration is prepared to work with airlines and others in the ...

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Confirmed: No More Masks on Airplanes, Public Transportation!

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Yesterday, April 18, it was announced that a federal judge in Florida struck down President Biden’s extension of the CDC and TSA’s nationwide mask mandate for passengers and employees of the airline industry and other forms of public transportation. At the time of the announcement, it was some uncertainty as to what U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s ruling would ...

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No More Masks on Planes? Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Mandate Extension

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April 18 was supposed to be the day when the mask mandates were set to expire for all public transportation. Then, it appeared that President Biden authorized the mandate’s extension for another two weeks. Now, a federal judge has thrown out the extension. According to The Wall Street Journal, A federal judge in Florida on Monday declared that the Biden ...

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Disney Cruise Update: CDC Resurfaces with New Program

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After almost a month since its restrictions Conditional Sailing Order expired, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released an operations manual for its “COVID-19 Program for Cruise Ships Operating in U.S. Waters.” The CDC acknowledges that its order expired on January 15, 2022, and it recommends that cruise ships operating in American waters participate. The 20+ page document–which ...

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Disney Cruise Line Update: CDC Regulations Expire

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On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Covid protocols expired with no word of further extension. The CDC’s Framework for Conditional Sailing Order that regulated how Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, and the rest of the cruise industry operated in and out of U.S. waters was last extended in October 2021. According ...

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COVID-19 Omicron Variant Pushes Orange County, FL Back Into High Transmission Category

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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Orange County as well as much of the state of Florida has been a hotspot for COVID-19 transmission. Just about two months ago in October 2021 however, Orange County Mayor Demings announced that the state of emergency for the area would be expired given the data and scientific evidence showing a consecutive decrease ...

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