How to make COVID-19 testing for travel far more effective
in the U.S., and is more infectious and better able to break through the immune protection we’ve built up through vaccines and previous waves of the virus.
We need to adjust our thinking about the approach to testing to ensure we’re using more effective tools. Second, people shouldn’t just use any self-test at home or in their hotel by themselves. Instead, there will be a requirement for test authentication to verify the test-taker’s identity and test results. This test authentication can be accomplished in a couple of different ways. It could be an in-person point-of-care test in the country of origin at a clinic or pharmacy, as long as it comes with a verified laboratory report that authenticates both the user identity and the negative result.
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