President Trump
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Trump issued an executive order to end travel restrictions for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil and the countries in Europe that make up the Schengen area, effective January 26. The warrant came two days before Trump leaves office. Elected president Joe Biden
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“With the pandemic worsening and infectious variants emerging worldwide, now is not the time to lift restrictions on international travel,” tweeted the incoming White House press secretary. Jen Psaki
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“On the advice of our medical team, the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on January 26. In fact, we plan to strengthen public health policies around international travel to further limit the spread of COVID-19, ”continued Psaki.
The order states that Trump’s action came on the recommendation of outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. The memo cites the new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that requires passengers traveling to the US by air to undergo a negative COVID-19 test within three days of their flight departure, saying it will help prevent travelers from spreading the virus.
However, the Trump administration’s travel restrictions on China and Iran remain in effect because, according to the order, the countries “ have repeatedly failed to cooperate with United States public health authorities and to obtain timely, accurate information about the spread of the virus. to share. And therefore cannot be trusted to carry out the order of the CDC.
Accordingly, the Secretary advised me to lift the restrictions applicable to the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Federative Republic of Brazil, while the restrictions applicable to the People’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran Trump’s order states. “I agree with the Secretary that this move is the best way to continue to protect Americans from COVID-19 while resuming travel safely.”
Although Trump signed the order on Monday, the action does not go into effect until six days after he leaves office and Biden is inaugurated.
The warrant comes as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to hit alarming, record highs on a daily basis. Nearly 400,000 people in the US and more than 2 million people worldwide have died from COVID-19. Although two vaccines have been approved for emergency use in the US, the Trump administration is far behind its initial targets in the distribution and delivery of the vaccine.
The order will be one of the last actions Trump takes on the pandemic, after being widely criticized for regularly minimizing the threat from the virus.
Trump announced in mid-March last year that he would impose travel restrictions on persons entering the United States from the 26 countries that make up the Schengen area, weeks after the first case was reported in the U.S. The move initially drew a lot of attention because it did not. happened. include the UK or Ireland, and the Trump administration later switched to restrict travel from those countries as well.
Trump later imposed travel restrictions on Brazil in late May.
The executive order lifting travel restrictions was one of many released by the White House on Monday as the final hours of Trump’s presidency came to an end. Trump is also expected to pardon one last party before leaving office on Wednesday.
– Updated at 7:45 PM