Travel restrictions on several other countries including China and Iran remain in place.
In an executive order,
A decision in this regard, he said, is being taken after the January 12 directive of the
Trump said that European Union, Britain, Ireland and Brazil will cooperate with the US in the implementation of CDC's January 12, 2021, order and that tests administered there will yield accurate results.
However, the same cannot be said of China and Iran. "Those jurisdictions' responses to the pandemic, their lack of transparency, and their lack of cooperation with the United States thus far in combatting the pandemic, cast doubt on their cooperation in implementing CDC's January 12, 2021, order," Trump said.
The previous travel restrictions were announced on March 14 and May 24 of last year.
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