Biden won't end pandemic travel restrictions

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Biden won't end pandemic travel restrictions

Associated Press | Monday, January 18, 2021 8:43 p.m.

Passengers walk in the arrivals area Monday at Heathrow Airport, in London. The U.K. closed all travel corridors to protect against the coronavirus with travelers entering the country from overseas required to have proof of a negative covid-19 test.

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming White House press secretary says his administration does not intend to lift coronavirus travel restrictions for Europe, the U.K., Ireland and Brazil.

The message from Jen Psaki came Monday evening after the White House said President Donald Trump had lifted the restrictions for those countries, effective Jan. 26.

Psaki then tweeted: “On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26.”

She added, “In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of covid-19.”

Trump imposed the travel restrictions early in the pandemic to slow the spread of the coronavirus to the U.S. They prevented most people without American citizenship or residency from traveling to the U.S. from the affected regions.

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