In an effort to make travel as safe as possible, LAX opened an onsite rapid COVID-19 testing site on Thursday. For the record: An earlier version of this article said COVID-19 testing at Tampa International Airport began on Thursday. The lab, located in a shipping container, is currently processing about 250 to 300 rapid tests a day, with plans to ramp up to 1,000 tests daily. Appointments are strongly encouraged for all three sites, but rapid testing appointments are filling up particularly fast, Erbacci said. Although COVID-19 testing is not a prerequisite to fly out of LAX, some destinations — including Hawaii — do require negative PCR tests before traveling.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 31, 2020 20:47 UTC