Bradley International Airport is expected to announce Tuesday that it will begin providing COVID-19 testing as an option for those wishing to avoid 40 14 days if they fly from an indexed state in the Connecticut notice.
Details of how tests will be administered at the state airport are expected to be announced at 2 p. m. press convention at the airport.
Two weeks ago, Governor Ned Lamont modified the state’s COVID-19 verification requirements, which are part of the advisory for passengers arriving in Bradley. Travelers can now avoid a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine by offering a result of negative verification within 72 hours. on arrival or after arriving at Bradley, remaining in quarantine until control effects are obtained.
The Connecticut Airports Authority said so in conversations with two laboratories about the possibility of checking into the terminal and on a mobile site on airport grounds. If passengers decide on the check option, they will not necessarily have to check at the airport. They may only look for checks in other parts of the state, CAA officials said.
The CAA, which oversees operations at Bradley, had been pressuring Lamont management for more than a month for self-quarantine opportunities. The CAA said business and recreational activities were already declining in Bradley, but warning quarantine was pushing him even further.
Last week, cheap airline JetBlue announced that it would board nonstop flights from Bradley to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Cancun, Mexico later this year, even when many airlines are contracting the pandemic. climbed, JetBlue said, was due to the resolution to lighten the warning.
Warning restrictions for Connecticut travelers are now stricter for Massachusetts, implemented on August 1.
JetBlue said it had already noticed a “significant” increase in bookings in and out of Hartford in the week since Lamont proposed 14-day self-quarantine verification features.
Earlier this month, JetBlue told Courant that mandatory 14-day quarantine allowed him to reconsider ongoing discussions with Bradley about adding new destinations on the West Coast and reduce additional traffic at the airport, which was already affected by the pandemic, the airline said.
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