The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is expanding surveillance to four of the busiest international airports in the country for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in travelers.
This surveillance program with XpresCheck is being expanded to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, John F. Kennedy, Newark Liberty, and San Francisco international airports.
"It allows for increased COVID testing for specific international arrivals, increasing our capacity to identify those with COVID-19 on arrival to the United States and enhancing our surveillance for the Omicron variant," CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House news conference explaining the measures that the Biden administartion is taking to address the new threat of the Omicron variant.
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