Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump introduced the lifting of coronavirus-related journey restrictions on components of Europe and Brazil, the incoming Biden administration stated it might reverse the transfer.

Mr. Trump signed an government order on Monday eradicating restrictions on air journey for many non-U.S. residents and everlasting residents travelling from the Schengen Space, Eire, the U.Ok. and Brazil beginning January 26. The restrictions instituted final yr had been additionally utilized to Iran and China — these weren’t reversed by the manager order.

Additionally beginning January 26, the Middle for Illness Management (CDC) has stated that each one these travelling by air into the U.S. might want to present a unfavourable COVID-19 take a look at consequence earlier than boarding their flights. These exams should be executed through the 72-hour window earlier than departure. Mr. Trump’s order cited this and cooperation from the international locations on which restrictions had been eliminated as causes for alleviating the journey guidelines.

“This cooperation stands in stark distinction to the behaviour of the governments and state-owned enterprises of the Folks’s Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which repeatedly have didn’t cooperate with the USA public well being authorities and to share well timed, correct details about the unfold of the virus,” the order stated.

“With the pandemic worsening, and extra contagious variants rising around the globe, this isn’t the time to be lifting restrictions on worldwide journey,” incoming Press Secretary Jen Psaki wrote on Twitter.

“On the recommendation of our medical crew, the Administration doesn’t intend to carry these restrictions on 1/26. In actual fact, we plan to strengthen public well being measures round worldwide journey with a purpose to additional mitigate the unfold of COVID-19,” she stated.

Tuesday is Mr. Trump’s final full day in workplace.