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On January 12, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control issued an Order, in effect January 25, requiring all air passengers arriving in the US from a foreign country to get tested no more than 3 days before their flight departs. All passengers will also be required to present the negative result of the test, or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 to the airline before boarding the flight. This puts the US in line with various other countries that have introduced similar measures over the last weeks. UK Mutation Accelerating Measures The mutation of COVID-19 recently discovered in the United...

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information. Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, infections are still skyrocketing. With air passenger traffic at 34% of what it was pre-pandemic, and travelers hungry to get back on the road and into the skies, the scramble to find a solution is on. For more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Vaccines have arrived, but mass production and broad availability could still be months away. As the industry continues to explore ways to jumpstart travel, some airports and airlines have a potential...

Definitions: Antigen = the COVID-19 virus Antibody = immune cells to the COVID-19 virus We have antigen tests. We will have more antigen tests in the future. When the antibody tests go mainstream people will get tested for both. Antigen negative, antibody negative = You haven't yet contracted COVID-19, although you could be incubating a case of COVID-19. Antigen positive, antibody negative = You have a case of COVID-19 which you haven't begun to fight off. Antigen positive, antibody positive = You have a case of COVID-19 which you are fighting off Antigen negative, antibody positive = You've had a...