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Donald Trump orders to reopen borders to Europeans on January 26, Joe Biden opposes it
The outgoing US president announced Monday evening that travelers from Europe and Brazil would be re-admitted to the United States from January 26. But a few minutes later, the team of Joe Biden, who will be invested president on January 20, indicated that the American borders would remain closed. US President Donald Trump announced on Monday, January 18, the next reopening of American borders to European nationals in the Schengen area, to the British, Irish and Brazilians as of January 26. This decision is linked to the establishment, on the same date, of an obligation to present a negative screening test for the coronavirus on entry into the United States, said the Head of State in a press release. Later, Joe Biden’s team, who will take office as president of the United States on January 20, made it known that the American borders would remain closed to Europeans and Brazilians. “This is not the time to lift restrictions on international travel,” said Jen Psaki, who is officially due to take up her post as spokesperson for the new president on his Twitter account on Wednesday. medical team, the (future) government does not intend to lift these restrictions on January 26, “Jen Psaki wrote on Twitter. “Moreover,” she added, “we plan to strengthen public health measures applied to international travel to further combat the spread of Covid-19.” Chaotic transition To slow the progression of the pandemic, Donald Trump closed the United States’ borders to the 26 countries in the Schengen area on March 11, 2020, then to the United Kingdom and Ireland on the 14th, before doing the same to Brazil on May 24th. is another episode of a transition unprecedented in modern US history, with outgoing President Donald Trump intending to minimize contact with Joe Biden’s team. Donald Trump plans to leave Washington even before his successor’s inauguration ceremony on Wednesday. The United States is currently facing the worst phase of the pandemic the country has known to date, with more than 20,000 death in the last six days. With AFP
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