Biden makes Covid-19 test, quarantine mandatory for people entering US

United States President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled sweeping measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic, by signing new executive orders and presidential directives to ramp up testing, mandate mask wearing and establish protocols for international travel.

“This is a wartime undertaking,” the Democratic president said at a White House event, according to Reuters. The pandemic has killed 4,05,000 people and infected more than 2.4 crore in the United States – the highest in the world.

Biden signed an order requiring anybody travelling to the US to be tested for coronavirus before flying, and to subsequently quarantine on arrival. The details were released in a 200-page document called “National Strategy for the Covid-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness”.