Joe Biden Set to Reinstate Coronavirus-Related Travel Restrictions That Trump Lifted

President Joe Biden is set to approve a presidential proclamation on Monday that will reinstate the travel constraint that was compelled due to the coronavirus pandemic’s surge; White House press secretary, Jen Psaki confirms this during her daily briefing.

The step will ensure the lifted restrictions last week by the former US President Donald Trump were reinstated. It entails non-US citizens who have been in Brazil, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and much of Europe, as well as the new addition of South Africa.

“The President will sign a presidential proclamation to reduce the spread of Covid-19 through travel, especially as we see faster spreading variants emerging across the world,” Psaki said Monday.

The step was reportedly fashioned due to the advice of the new administration’s medical and Covid-19 team.

“With the pandemic worsening and more contagious variant contagious variants spreading, this isn’t the time to be lifting the restrictions on international travel,” she said.

Psaki also announced that beginning Tuesday, travelers to the United States must provide proof of a negative test within three days of travel to airlines before departure, including people boarding planes, US citizens, from overseas.

President Biden earlier publicized that on his first full-fledged day in White House on Thursday, his strategy will include more science and less of politics as he approves a bunch of coronavirus-related executive actions, which comprises ramping up vaccination supplies and constituting international travelers to provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test before traveling to the US.

The restrictions, which mostly include traveling rules which were coronavirus-related, were set to be lifted on Tuesday, but due to the change in administration, the constraints are not going to be raised.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publicized on Sunday that, As of Tuesday,” it will no longer consider exceptions to its requirement that international travelers present negative coronavirus tests. Airlines had asked the agency to relax the rule for some countries with limited testing capacity”.

“As variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to emerge in countries around the world, there is growing evidence of increased transmissibility of some of these variants, as well as unknown health and vaccine implications,” a CDC spokesman said in a statement. “Testing before and after travel is a critical layer to slow the introduction and spread of COVID-19 and emerging variants.”