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(AP) \u2014 Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said Monday the nation should consider a vaccination mandate for domestic air travel, signalling a potential embrace of an idea the Biden administration has previously eschewed, as COVID-19 cases spike.<\/p>

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Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief science adviser on the pandemic response, said such a mandate might drive up the nation’s lagging vaccination rate as well as confer stronger protection on flights, for which federal regulations require all those age 2 and older to wear a mask.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you make vaccination a requirement, that’s another incentive to get more people vaccinated,\u201d Fauci told MSNBC. \u201cIf you want to do that with domestic flights, I think that’s something that seriously should be considered.\u201d<\/p>

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The Biden administration has thus far balked at imposing a vaccination requirement for domestic air travel. Two officials said Biden’s science advisers have yet to make a formal recommendation for such a requirement to the president.<\/p>

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The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said a vaccine mandate on planes could trigger a host of logistical and legal concerns.<\/p>

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The US currently mandates that most foreign nationals travelling to the US be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, though citizens and permanent residents only need to show proof of a negative test taken within a day of boarding.<\/p>\n

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Federal rules don’t require people travelling by air within the US to show a negative test. Hawaii requires travellers to test or show proof of vaccination to avoid a mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n

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