U.S. President Joe Biden is reported to have signed a travel ban on Monday to non-U.S. (U.S.) citizens who have visited South America from entering the U.S. as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The re-imposition of the Covid-19 travel ban is due to the spread of new variants of the Covid-19 pandemic which are more susceptible to infection. It has previously been detected in European countries such as Brazil and the UK, but lately it has been detected in U.S. countries.
Therefore, Biden also imposed a ban on entry for non-U.S. tourists from the UK, Brazil, Ireland and several European countries.
According to Dr. Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the measure was taken as a measure to protect Americans and also to reduce the risk of spreading new variants.
The move was contrary to Trump's January 18 directive, in which former President Donald Trump ordered the lifting of sanctions on Brazil and Europe.
A new variant known as the 501Y.V2 variant is believed to have a 50 percent faster infection rate and now it has started to be detected in almost 20 countries in the world.
