Fauci suggests air travel vaccine mandate as Omicron grounds U.S. flights

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Skyrocketing COVID-19 cases hobbled U.S. airline staff on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, and prompted the country's top infectious disease expert to suggest the government consider a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel.

Monday's travel woes capped a glum Christmas weekend for thousands of stranded passengers waiting in airport queues and on customer service phone lines to re-book flights, often days after originally planned.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it was shortening the recommended isolation time for Americans with COVID-19 to five days from its previous guidance of 10 days, so long as they are asymptomatic. The move could help airlines and other businesses mitigate staff shortages from the disease.

U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking to reporters on Monday, declined to say whether he endorsed a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel.68 cruise ships after reports of COVID-19 cases on board.A family works through check-in at Alaska Airlines ticketing after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021.

Aisling Daniel, an 18-year-old college student, was trying to return home to Anchorage, Alaska, with her younger sister and two black Labrador retrievers on Monday after visiting family in Kansas City. She was stuck in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and holding out hope that her newly booked flight out on Monday afternoon would not be canceled.

 

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