Travelers are waiting in queue at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Orlando International Airport on Friday before Memorial Day. As more and more people received a vaccine against COVID-19, predicts the American Automobile Association (AAA) more than 37 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles this Memorial Day weekend, many for in first time since the start of the pandemic.
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Biden administration extends mask mandate for aircraft and transit for 15 days, Centers for This was announced on Wednesday by the Service for Disease Control and Prevention.
The mandate was set expires after April 18, after one- monthly extension announced in March. The airlines have required masks on planes from the beginning in pandemic in 2020 but the Biden administration made they are obligatory in beginning of 2021.
The CDC said it was monitoring the spread of omicron, including sub-option BA.2.
Since the beginning of April, there has been an increase in 7 days moving average of cases in USA. To assess the potential impact rise of cases has on serious illness, including hospitalization and death, and medical care system capacity, the CDC order will remain in place currently,” the CDC said in a statement. in statement.
He said the mandate would remain in place to May 3.
Airlines have repeatedly asked the administration drop this requirement as well as other Covid restrictions such as pre-departure testing for all international arrivals, including citizens.
However, mask mandate extensions have become shorter as the administration weighs the risks. of COVID-19 spread. BUT decline in cases since the peak this winter have contributed to the resurgence in travel demand it is so powerful that it helps airlines cover many of their rising fuel bills.
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