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Biden set to reinstate entry ban on non-U.S residents who are traveling from Brazil, UK and other parts of Europe, sources say

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a bid to contain the spread of a new variant of COVID-19, U.S. public health officials told Reuters.

Biden, who took office on Wednesday, is taking an aggressive approach to combating the spread of the virus in travel after Trump rejected mandates sought by U.S. health agencies. The South African variant has not yet been found in the United States but at least 20 U.S. states have detected a UK variant known as B.1.1.7. Current vaccines appear effective against the UK mutations.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director head Rochelle Walensky will sign a separate order Monday requiring masks on all airplanes, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-share vehicles, officials said. The new requirements are set to take effect in the coming days, they said.

But CDC officials said they would consider case-by-case humanitarian exemptions for some travelers if needed. CDC officials have for weeks discussed the possibility of adding these testing requirements before U.S. domestic flights or requiring testing upon return from international travel, but have made no decisions.

 

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You cant have people traveling into the U.S. it's a pandemic, yet this stupid puppet BidenAdministration will to allow the caravan of refugee's in to INFECT us . Sure hope they have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in their gps

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Sleepy joe has no clue whats going on. As a matter of fact you can hear him as he was signing EO s he said. I dk what i am signing with his eerie smile. 🤯

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Wait... is not what Trump got critized... hahaha oh God. Now is a good thing. I thought democrats preached something different

The guy who was against travel restrictions in the beginning is all about them now. Did the 'science' change?

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