“We’ve just seen the phenomenon of this amplification, and the U.S. has seen it happen,” said Erin Brojem, an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. In what happened at the end of this year.
About 1.2 million people were spotted at airports on Wednesday alone, a record for air travel for the epidemic. While the number of passengers on screen on Christmas Day – 616,469 – represents a total of 23% of those shown on the same day a year ago, the figure remains worrisome for officials as it does not signal the end of the holiday journey. , But a futile before passengers begin to return home.
Executive Associate Dean of the School of Medicine Medicine at Emory University, Dr. Carlos del Rio said that if people get together they should have a gathering of less than 10 people and take the test at least once, maybe twice.
He told CNN, “Your level of protection is as strong as your weak link, and if there is a weak link, the virus will spread.” “We have learned how fast this virus and how fast this virus spreads, so we have to take all possible precautions.”
The Dean of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College College of Medicine, Dr. “People can still save the lives of their loved ones by practicing social distance and masks,” said Peter Hotz.
UK tourists arrive in the new U.S. on Monday. The test meets the requirement
The CDC announced on Thursday that passengers would be able to travel from the UK to the US with documents of their laboratory results. A negative PCR or antigen test will be required within 72 hours of the flight. Airlines will have to confirm the test before the flight.
The order is effective Monday.
According to the release, a couple from Durham, who have no known travel history, contacts or high-risk contacts, have tested positive for the new variant. They are now in self-isolation.
The travel ban on all flights from the UK to Canada is already in place until January 6, 2021, the release said.
Testing on the day of departure can reduce that risk by 37 to 61%, according to the paper, which has not been peer-reviewed.
Dr. Del Rio doubted the need for testing would be effective, telling CNN on Saturday that he believes it would be better to need a faster antigen test at boarding time, and at the time of landing in the U.S.
One test ‘not enough’
“One test in my mind is not enough,” he said. “I think you need to do at least two tests.”
The CDC said earlier this week that the variant has not been identified by sequencing efforts in the US, but it may be because the US surveillance system installed for the Covid-19 has not yet caught it.
“Given how fast the virus spreads, this new variant is already in the US,” he said.
“I want to make it clear to the people that instead of worrying terribly about this new tension, I think the sanctions we are talking about need to be reinforced,” he said, wearing a mask and pointing to social distance. .
CNN’s Pete Munten, Naomi Thomas, Eric Levenson, Elizabeth Cohen, Jessica Firger and Michael Neidelman contributed to the report.
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