WASHINGTON (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations on COVID-19 testing for White House reporters are being eased as the public fitness emergency declaration expires Thursday. It’s another sign of how a vast internet of policies designed to restrict the spread of the virus is dissipating.
As part of this change, news hounds will no longer be required to get tested for COVID-19 when covering events with President Joe Biden in Washington. the press corps.
In addition, the White House will ask reporters if they are vaccinated.
However, journalists will still have to get tested for COVID-19 to fly on Air Force One or Air Force Two, which is used through Vice President Kamala Harris, or before interviews with key administration figures.