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Exclusive: Trump lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions on Europe, UK, Brazil - sources

By David Shepardson

 

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FILE PHOTO: Passengers walk through Terminal 1, after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York, at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will rescind entry bans for most non-U.S. citizens who recently were in Brazil and much of Europe starting on Jan. 26, two officials briefed on the matter told Reuters on Monday.

 

Reuters first reported in November that the administration had been considering lifting the restrictions, imposed early last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after winning support from coronavirus task force members and public health officials.

 

The restrictions are set to end under a new proclamation from Trump the same day that new COVID-19 test requirements take effect for all international visitors. The White House did not immediately comment.

 

The restrictions 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 travel across open borders.

 

The U.S. restrictions barring most visitors from Europe have been in place since mid-March, while the Brazilian entry ban was imposed in May.

 

The Trump administration imposed the bans in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Last week, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed an order requiring nearly all air travelers to present a negative coronavirus test or proof of recovery from COVID-19 to enter the United States starting on Jan. 26.

 

Airlines had hoped the new testing requirements would clear the way for the administration to lift the restrictions that reduced travel from some European countries by 95% or more.

 

They pressed senior White House officials about the issue in recent days.

 

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.

 

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Howard Goller)

 

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12 minutes ago, IraqRon said:

maybe he is eyeing a trip for himself and family to Brazil and this greases the skids so to speak.  Maybe he wants to join the other "boys from Brazil" there.  

does Brazil have an extradation treaty with the US?

 No.

But it is discretionary.  They can send you back with "we don't want you here."

I can't see DT liking the place.

 

 

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6 hours ago, IraqRon said:

maybe he is eyeing a trip for himself and family to Brazil and this greases the skids so to speak.  Maybe he wants to join the other "boys from Brazil" there.  

does Brazil have an extradation treaty with the US?

Or does brazil help ex-presidents to arrange get amnesties /pardons?

 

Wouldn't put it past trump to get angry with Brazil gov't because they wouldn't help him to arrange pardons. After all he thinks he's the boss of the world.

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2 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

Anyone would think though is unhappy with the current numbers in the pandemic he wants to keep increasing them. Can't run super spreader rallies so lets import carriers from all over the world to make things worse. Trump must really hate the USA and it people. Because even someone with a pea size brain would know the potential problem this may cause.

Presumably he is angry because at least in some part of his brain he must know that he really did lose the election, and it wasn't even close, so it's natural for him to be an enemy of those that don't love him which clearly represents the majority of the country. 

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4 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Trump is just playing games, trying to make things more difficult for the incoming administration.  Maybe he'll take a big dump on the resolute desk before he leaves.  A petulant child. 

Like his insurrectionist terrorist supporters did (they were attacking under "their" president's orders as has been widely quoted) in smearing caca at the capitol (literally). 

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6 minutes ago, Thailand said:

He was a richard for more than his time as 45, he is simply bowing out as an even bigger richard.

And still time to achieve richard to the nth degree.

As I've been saying for years, he always gets worse. But at least now, he will get worse without the awesome powers of the presidency. 

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