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Posted: Jan 18, 2021 / 06:05 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 19, 2021 / 04:33 AM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.WASHINGTON (Reuters) — &nbsp;U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend&nbsp;travel&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;barring&nbsp;travel&nbsp;by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said.Monday lifting the&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;he imposed early last year in response to the pandemic — a decision first reported Monday by Reuters — after winning support from coronavirus task force members and public health officials.Soon after Trump’s order was made public, “on the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;on 1/26.”She added that “With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;on international&nbsp;travel.”Until Biden acts, Trump’s order ends&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;the same day that new COVID-19 test requirements take effect for all international visitors. Trump is due to leave office on Wednesday.Last week, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed an order requiring nearly all air&nbsp;travelers to present a negative coronavirus test or proof of recovery from COVID-19 to enter the United States starting on Jan. 26.The&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;Trump rescinded have barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who within the last 14 days have been in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the 26 countries of the Schengen area in Europe that allow&nbsp;travel&nbsp;across open borders.The U.S.&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;barring most visitors from Europe have been in place since mid-March when Trump signed proclamations imposing them, while the Brazilian entry ban was imposed in May. Psaki added that “in fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international&nbsp;travel&nbsp;in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19.” The Biden transition did not immediately respond to a request to comment on if it planned to expand the countries covered.has the legal authority to reimpose the&nbsp;restrictions.Last Tuesday, Marty Cetron, director of CDC’s global migration and quarantine division, told Reuters those entry bans were an “opening act strategy” to address the virus spread and should now be “actively reconsidered.”Airlines had hoped the new testing requirements would clear the way for the administration to lift the&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;that reduced&nbsp;travel&nbsp;from some European countries by 95% or more.They had pressed senior White House officials about the issue in recent days.Many administration officials for months argued the&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;no longer made sense given most countries were not subject to the entry bans. Others have argued the United States should not drop entry bans since many European countries still block most U.S. citizens.Reuters previously reported the White House was not considering lifting entry bans on most non-U.S. citizens who have recently been in China or Iran. Trump confirmed Monday he would not lift those.© Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021Suggest a CorrectionThanks for signing up!Watch for us in your inbox.Subscribe Now✕× Close Ad

Posted: Jan 18, 2021 / 06:05 PM CSTUpdated: Jan 19, 2021 / 04:33 AM CSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.WASHINGTON (Reuters) — &nbsp;U.S. President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend&nbsp;travel&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;barring&nbsp;travel&nbsp;by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said.Monday lifting the&nbsp;restrictions&nbsp;he imposed...

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Biden to block Trump’s plan to lift COVID-19 European travel restrictions

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