Biden’s Administration denied lifting travel sanctions despite Trump's statement

Biden's take on travel restrictions amidt The pandemic

The spokeswoman of US President-elect, Joe Biden, Jan Psaki denied Donald Trump's decision on Monday which directed to lift up travel restrictions for passengers, primarily from Europe and Brazil. The ban was imposed to prevent the spread of COVID 19 virus and surge in  daily cases.

"The medical team advised that the administration must not adhere to the decision to dismiss the restrictions on 26 January as announced by Trump," tweeted Jan Psaki, Biden's press Secretary. "We are planning to strengthen the health and preventive guidelines to mitigate the spread of virus. In this hour of unregulated surge in cases and emergence of mutated variants of virus around the globe which are even more contagious and deadlier, we can't risk lifting international travel restrictions," she added.

Minutes before Psaki's statement, Trump asserted to lift the travel ban on Brazil and Europe. While the ban on China and Iran would be intact, he said. These announcements came after the declaration made by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mandating that all air passengers travelling to the US must test negative for COVID 19 within three days of departure. The transition of presidential powers will take place in the inauguration ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, 20 January.

Donald Trump who hadn't conceded his defeat in US Elections 2020 against Democrat rival Joe Biden for months tried to compel citizens of election rigging and fraudulent counting which even instigated a horrendous outrage and violent storming of US Capitol. He in his angst and envy also restricted Biden's access to funds and denied to meet him in the name of customary tradition in presidential transitions. In the past 152 years, Trump will be the first outgoing president to not attend the inauguration ceremony of his successor.

Meanwhile The United States, recorded 4 million covid cases and death toll of 400,000 as of Monday, and became one of the worst country to be affected by the pandemic.