CDC orders airlines to name passengers returning from southern AfricaNY Post, Dec 1, 2021
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ordering airlines to turn over the names of passengers who have recently been in any of eight southern African countries where the COVID-19 Omicron variant is known to be spreading.
The CDC issued the directive to airlines late Tuesday, according to Reuters, which obtained a copy of the order.
It requires all airlines to collect and turn over names and contact information for all travelers who have been to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe in the past 14 days.
The letter from the CDC cited “the emergence of the Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19” as a reason for the order.
The directive gives airlines 24 hours after the arrival of passengers to pass the information along to federal health officials.
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