Covid-19: Testing Before Travel

Covid-19: Testing Before Travel
Updated Feb. 16, 2021
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Get tested no more than 3 days before you travel.
Postpone travel if you are waiting for test results.
Watch for symptoms of COVID-19

  • If you test NEGATIVE…
    • Keep a copy of your test results with you during travel
    • Take precautions to protect yourself and others from getting COVID-19
  • If you test POSITIVE or develop symptoms of COVID-19…
    • Do NOT travel
    • Immediately isolate yourself
    • Follow public health recommendations

If you fly to the US from a foreign country, you must provide a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before boarding your flight.