President Trump
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Trump has issued an executive order ending the travel restrictions on the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil and the countries in Europe that make up the Schengen area from 26 January. The order came two days before Trump left office. Elected President Joe Biden
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“With the worsening pandemic and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to lift restrictions on international travel,” the incoming White House press secretary tweeted. Jen Psaki
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‘On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions at 1/26. We plan to strengthen the social health measures around international travel to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19, ”Psaki continued.
The order reads that Trump’s action came on the recommendation of the outgoing secretary of health and human services, Alex Azar. The memorandum mentions the new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires passengers to travel to the US by air within three days before their flight to depart, a negative COVID-19 test, and says it will help to prevent travelers from spreading. the virus.
However, the Trump administration’s travel restrictions on China and Iran will remain because, according to the order, the countries’ have repeatedly failed to cooperate with the US public health authorities and to share timely, accurate information about the spread of the virus. . And therefore can not be trusted to implement the CDC’s order.
“Consequently, the Secretary advised me to lift the restrictions in the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Federal Republic of Brazil, while the restrictions apply to the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran, “Trump’s command. “I agree with the Secretary that this action is the best way to protect Americans from COVID-19 while safely resuming the journey.”
Although Trump signed the order Monday, the action only takes effect six days after he leaves office and Biden is inaugurated.
The order comes because coronavirus cases and deaths are still reaching alarming, record high levels on a daily basis. Nearly 400,000 people in the US and more than 2 million people worldwide have died from COVID-19. While two vaccines have been approved for emergency use in the US, the Trump administration has fallen far short of early targets for the distribution and administration of the vaccine.
The order will be one of the last actions Trump is taking on the pandemic, after being widely criticized for regularly minimizing the threat of the virus.
Trump announced in mid-March last year that he would impose travel restrictions on individuals entering the United States from the 26 countries that make up the Schengen area, weeks after the first case was reported in the US. The move initially drew scrutiny because it did not include the UK or Ireland, and the Trump administration later also moved to restrict travel from those countries.
Trump later imposed travel restrictions on Brazil at the end of May.
The executive order that lifted the travel restrictions was one of several issued by the White House on Monday as the last hours of Trump’s presidency decline. Trump is also expected to grant a final remission before leaving office on Wednesday.
– Updated 19:45