New York governor Andrew Cuomo has said that starting from tomorrow, British Airways has agreed to make passengers on its flights to the Big Apple show a negative Covid test before departure.
Cuomo said in a tweet, ¡°We are in conversations with Delta and Virgin Atlantic to do the same. We can't let history repeat itself with this new virus variant.¡°
The New York governor¡¯s intervention came as more than 40 countries issued suspensions of flights from the UK, bans on entry from anyone arriving from the UK or very strict quarantine or testing regulations.?
At the time of writing, the US had not banned flights or travellers from the UK while some, including Dr Antony Fauci, have said there is no need to overreact.
BA said in a statement today that ¡°due to the coronavirus pandemic and changing global travel restrictions we are operating a reduced and dynamic schedule¡± and called on travellers to check the status of their flight before leaving for the airport.