Gov. Ron DeSantis indicated Thursday he was not going to take any new measures against the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant in Florida, instead slamming President Joe Biden’s travel rules despite restrictions he ordered last year.
“I don’t think that they should be imposing any mandates on air travel or any of the things that they have done,” DeSantis said at an event in Pensacola. “I think it has not been anything that’s really made much of a difference. I think it’s inconveniencing a lot of people. I think it’s cramped the willingness of people to travel. And I don’t think that that’s necessarily a good thing.
Travelers arriving from a foreign country, including both U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, will have to do a COVID test within 24 hours of departure instead of the previous 72-hour window. They also will be required to wear masks on planes, trains and buses as well as airports and bus stations through March instead of through January.
