The CDC Is Requiring You to Do This Starting Tuesday - Yahoo Lifestyle

Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has one more addition to the growing list of lifestyle changes: Staring Tuesday, you'll be required to provide evidence of a negative COVID test before flying back to the U.S.

"If you plan to travel internationally, you will need to get tested no more than 3 days before you travel by air into the United States (US) and show your negative result to the airline before you board your flight, or be prepared to show documentation of recovery," reads the new policy, which was posted to the CDC's website on Jan.

As the new policy mandates, airlines must refuse to board anyone who fails to provide a negative COVID test result.

This could very well disrupt travel plans for some, but should help to minimize potential exposure for those flying, as well as the broader public.

As he explains, the "recently increased ability of COVID to pass from person to person is making air travel and all activities more risky for contracting this disease.".

By their very nature, the antigen style tests aren't as sensitive because they require a larger amount of virus present to be positive," explains the MD Anderson website.

"Someone with a positive test by this style of test should be treated as infected with COVID-19, but a negative test is less reliable and may need to be confirmed." And for more regular COVID updates, sign up for our daily newsletter.

According to Cutler, the risk of flying isn't limited to your flight time.

That is why travel causes transmission of COVID and why one of the first steps in controlling the pandemic was limiting travel in those countries which effectively reduced the number of cases and deaths," Cutler explains.

While on board your flight, Cutler explains that your main concern should be mitigating risk from those seated nearest to you.

"Several small studies have confirmed that the majority of the risk while flying comes from the people immediately around you.".

26, passengers boarding international flights to the US must show a negative COVID-19 test or proof they have recovered from the virus.

All passengers traveling to the Netherlands by air or sea from "high-risk areas" will have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 rapid test within four hours of their departure.

The hospitalization rate of children with COVID-19 has increased, too The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that since the beginning of the pandemic, about 2.5 million children have tested positive for COVID-19?