Unvaccinated Americans to face tighter COVID testing requirements in new US travel system
citizens and permanent residents and establish stringent testing requirements for the rare unvaccinated foreign nationals allowed entry.
"For anyone traveling to the United States who cannot demonstrate proof of full vaccination, they will have to produce documentation of a negative test within one day of departure," instead of the current three days, according to the White House.Fully vaccinated Americans will still have a three-day window for COVID-19 testing with negative results, but if they are not able to show proof of vaccination, they too will be subject to the one-day testing requirement.Senior administration officials stressed that exceptions to vaccine requirements for foreign nationals would be rare, but would be made for children under age 18 and travelers from countries with less than a 10% vaccination rate due to lack of vaccine availability.8, foreign travelers will be able to enter the U.S.