British Airways agrees to require negative coronavirus tests before New York flights, Cuomo says
British Airways Boeing 747-400 with nickname Queen of the Skies commercial aircraft as seen on final approach with landing gear down landing at New York JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport in USA on 23 January 2020.
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British Airways will require travelers to test negative for coronavirus before boarding flights bound for New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, as officials grapple with a highly contagious new strain of Covid-19 that’s spreading in the U.K.
Cuomo said at a press briefing that he also asked Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic to abide by the same requirements. The airlines didn’t immediately comment.
More than two dozen countries have cut off flights or restricted access from individuals traveling from Britain because of the new strain of the virus.
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