By David Shepardson WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is "actively looking" at expanding mandatory COVID-19 testing to travelers on U.S. domestic flights, a senior Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said on Tuesday. On a call with reporters, Dr. Marty Cetron, director for the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at CDC, was asked about whether new domestic

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Security screeners confiscated guns at airport checkpoints at a record pace last year although the total number of guns dropped along with the steep plunge in travelers because of the pandemic.

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Britain appears ready to order some travelers arriving from abroad to isolate in hotels at their own expense in an attempt to stop the import of new virus variants.

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LONDON - Britain's Rolls-Royce revised down its forecasts for 2021 on Tuesday saying that it now expected aeroplane flying hours to be about 55% of 2019 levels this year, compared to a previous base case forecast of 70% given last October. The company said that less flying would mean it loses more cash, and it was now expecting free cash outflow of 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) for

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Ireland is to introduce a 14-day quarantine in hotels for all people arriving from Brazil and South Africa, and for anyone arriving without evidence of a negative coronavirus test, the government said on Tuesday. Visa-free travel from both countries and from all of South America has been suspended until March 5, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said. Ministers signed off on the

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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is considering further limits on international travel into Canada to prevent the introduction of new COVID-19 cases as calls from opposition leaders for additional pandemic measures grow loud…

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A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for tricking a woman into showing her breasts during a screening at the Los Angeles International Airport. 

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The German government is to consider introducing tough new restrictions on international travel in a bid to prevent coronavirus mutations from entering the country, a senior minister said on Tuesday. The measures include strict border controls and closing Germany's airports to almost all passenger flights. "The danger posed by the numerous virus mutations requires us to consider and discuss drastic measures," Horst Seehofer, the interior ministe…

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British government-sponsored vaccine passports will be issued to thousands of Britons after the receive the coronavirus inoculations in a ‘trial’ run of the programme this month.



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