Jen Psaki, US President-elect Joe
Biden’s spokeswoman, has dismissed President Donald Trump’s announcement that a
coronavirus ban on travellers flying in from much of Europe and Brazil would be
lifted.
“On the advice of our medical
team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26,”
Psaki, who is Biden’s press secretary, tweeted.
“In fact, we plan to strengthen
public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate
the spread of COVID-19.”
“With the pandemic worsening, and
more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be
lifting restrictions on international travel,” she added.
Trump had said he would lift the
travel ban, although travel bans for China and Iran would remain in place.
According to the outgoing
president, “this action is the best way to continue protecting Americans from
COVID-19 while enabling travel to resume safely.”
Trump announced the initial ban
on January 31, 2020, in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The ban was extended to European
countries on March 14, with America shutting itself off from the world as the
pandemic entered full force.
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