The next US administration will not lift the travel ban imposed on travelers from Brazil and Europe next week

Washington-SANA

A spokeswoman for US President-elect Joe Biden announced that the incoming administration will not implement the decision issued by outgoing President Donald Trump to lift the ban on travelers to the United States from Brazil and most European countries, starting next week.

And the Agence France-Presse quoted Jane Saki, who will assume the duties of the White House spokeswoman next Wednesday after Biden took the oath, saying in a tweet that the next administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on the 26th of this month, but rather plans to strengthen public health measures related to international travel to reduce More than the outbreak of the Coronavirus, stressing that “the time is not right” to lift the restrictions imposed on international travel, especially with the deterioration of the epidemic situation and the emergence of more contagious mutated viruses around the world.

Saki's tweet comes minutes after Trump announced that the ban imposed on travelers from Brazil, Britain, Ireland and European countries within the Schengen space will be lifted on the 26th of this month, as all those wishing to travel to the United States will have to present a negative test result for the Corona virus.

And the American health authorities announced last Tuesday that all travelers wishing to go to the United States by air will have to, from January 26, to present a negative test result for the Corona virus to allow them to board the plane.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommended that travelers undergo a re-examination three to five days after their arrival and that they stay home for at least seven days.

According to the latest statistics from the American World Meters site, the total number of Coronavirus infections in America has so far reached 24626376, and the total deaths 408,620 cases.