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COVID Testing
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International Compliance Blog
US Requires Negative COVID Tests or Proof of Recovery for all International Air Travelers; Biden Expected to Reinstate Travel Suspension Proclamation
From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has issued a series of restrictions on entry to the country. The latest restriction, effective January 26, 2021, mandates proof…
Through The Immigration Lens
U.S. Requires Negative COVID-19 Tests for International Air Passengers
By: Jake Campbell and Gabriel Mozes Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective January 26, 2021, all international passengers (with minor exceptions) traveling by air must provide a negative COVID-19 viral test to enter…
McEntee Law Group Blog
New COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Travelers
Do I Need a Covid-19 Test to Enter the US? Does this policy change the status of travel bans?On Tuesday January 12th, the CDC announced they would be requiring proof…
The Mobile Workforce
US Expands COVID-19 Test Requirement to All Air Passengers
By Grace Shie
Further to our prior blog post regarding the new requirement of negative COVID-19 tests for travelers arriving in the United States from the United Kingdom, today the Center for Disease…
Municipal Minute
Court Upholds Executive Order Requiring COVID-19 Screening Protocol for Prison Transferees
An Illinois Appellate Court determined that Governor Pritzker has the authority to require the Department of Corrections to accept prison transfers from county jails, subject to an intake process designed…
The Mobile Workforce
Negative COVID-19 Tests Required by the United States and Canada
By Grace Shie
The end of 2020 witnessed an alarming spread of multiple COVID-19 variants, including strains that first emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa. Record high COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations…
Cruise Law News
COVID-19 Aboard Royal Caribbean’ Quantum of the Seas During Cruise to Nowhere from Singapore
By Jim Walker
According to numerous news sources, Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas has a COVID-19 case aboard the ship. The captain reportedly announced the news late last night (video below). The…
SW Benefits Blog
Free COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Update
On November 30, Moderna announced that it is seeking FDA authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, on November 17 the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the first…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Cal/OSHA Approves Emergency Temporary COVID-19 Standard
By: Benjamin D. Briggs, Adam R. Young, Ilana Morady, Patrick D. Joyce, Elizabeth M. Levy & Coby Turner Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Office of Administrative Law has approved a California OSHA emergency…
Minding Your Business
A Test Costs What? Pricing and Reimbursing COVID-19 Tests
By Nicollette R. Moser, Nathaniel Miller, Kelly Landers Hawthorne, Jennifer Tarr, John R. Ingrassia, Christopher E. Ondeck
Out-of-network providers appear to be inflating the price of COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests, according to a recent America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) survey. The October 2020 survey reports that…