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United Airlines makes Covid testing mandatory before some New York-London flights
Oct 29, 2020
Passengers booked on a dozen New York-London flights next month will be obliged to take a free Covid test before boarding the plane â or be moved to another departure.
United Airlines is running a trial that involves mandatory testing for coronavirus on some flights on its flagship route between New York Newark and London Heathrow.
The pilot scheme applies to flight UA14 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 16 November to 11 December. Participants will be required to book an appointment for a test at Newark Liberty airport before their flight. Every passenger aged two or above will be required to be tested.
The programme is administered by Premise Health, using a âœrapid molecular Abbott ID Now Covid-19 test,❠which the airline says is âœused in clinical settings❠and can give a result within 20 minutes.
Anyone who tests positive must contact health authorities and will be able to postpone their trip.
Passengers who test negative will still be required to observe all the usual United Airlines health protocols.
âœWe will continue to enforce those [precautionary] measures strictly,❠said Josh Earnest, the airlineâ™s chief communications officer.
âœWeâ™re still going to ask people to socially distance on the jet bridge.
âœIf we have passengers who refuse to wear masks, that will be the last United flight they take in the era of coronavirus.â
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