within a day of departure regardless of vaccination status rather than the 72 hours currently required for vaccinated travelers. mr. biden said, the new testing rules will take effect on monday, december 6th. according to a senior administration official who said airline industry representatives were notified at the timing thursday the requirements apply both to u.s. citizens and foreign nationals flying into the united states. here is president biden today. my plan i m announcing today pulls no punches in the fight against covid-19. and it s a plan i think should unite us. we knew there d be cases of omicron here in the united states, and it s here. but we have the best tools, the best vaccines in the world and the best medicine and the best scientists in the world. we re going to fight this variant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion.
in so many cases is both bad management and dangerous for the city of san francisco. - we are for criminal justice reform. chesa s not it. recall chesa boudin now. strict new testing rules for travelers coming into the united states take effect monday. all travelers coming into the country will be required to test negative for coronavirus one day before their departure. this change includes american citizens, and it s regardless of vaccination status. joining me for more on this is the dean of the brown university school of public health. doctor, requiring all travelers to test negative one day versus three days, which it s been, before entering the united states, how well do you think
annie live . this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the drum beat for booster shots for over 100 million eligible americans grows louder tonight as more omicron cases emerge here in the u.s. and around the world the latest u.s. cases include colorado, minnesota and new york but health officials reminding us it is still the dominant delta variant driving a rise in new covid infections with signs more americans are rolling up their sleeves, president biden rolling out a series of new strategies today to combat the covid spread and meet the still unspecified omicron threat including an expanded booster campaign family vaccination clinics, free at home testing and new testing rules for travelers arriving from abroad. kelly o donnell leads us off tonight from the white house. reporter: tonight, expected but still unnerving. more cases of the omicron variant
south africa has recorded a big increase in coronavirus infections which have doubled across the country since monday. health officials fear the newly discovered 0micron variant may be fuelling the surge. total case numbers have risen sharply from a weekly average of 300 a day a fortnight ago to 3,500 each day. and in the past 2a hours, 8,500 covid infections have been registered. 0fficials there say 0micron is rapidly becoming the dominant variant . the first case of 0micron has been detected in united states and president biden is preparing to announce stricter testing rules for travellers. in the uk an additional 114 million doses of covid 19 vaccines have been secured. the health secretary, sajid javid, said he wanted to ensure britain had what it needed for the long term. and the chief executive of pfizer, albert bourla, said 5 11 year olds should getjabbed too