Outgoing US President Donald Trump lifted travel restrictions from the Schengen area, Britain, the Irish republic and Brazil starting January 26, a week after his term ended. This was announced by the White House. However, the restrictions for China and Iran remain. The decision was made in light of the directive issued on January 12 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to which from January 26 all passengers arriving in the US from foreign countries must have proof of a negative test for Covid. -19 or the documentation certifying the cure. Trump excluded China and Iran for their lack of transparency and cooperation with the US in the fight against the pandemic.
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«With the worsening of the pandemic and the emergence in the world of more contagious variants, this is not the time to lift restrictions on international travel, ”President-elect Joe Biden said through Jen Psaky, future White House spokesman. “On the advice of our medical team, the administration (Biden, ed) does not intend to lift these restrictions on January 26th. In fact, we intend to strengthen public health measures on international travel to further mitigate the spread of Covid 19 », he added.
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Trump imposed travel restrictions at the start of the pandemic to slow down the spread of Covid-19 in the United States. Thus, most people without American citizenship or residency were prohibited from going to the US from the affected countries. The outgoing president said he kept the restrictions on China and Iran due to “their lack of transparency and their lack of cooperation with the United States so far in the fight against the pandemic.”
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January 19, 2021 (change January 19, 2021 | 02:49)
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