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Non US passenger traveling from Brazil banned from entering United States

Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:53 UTC
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US President Donald Trump anticipated on Tuesday he was considering imposing a ban on travel from Brazil. US President Donald Trump anticipated on Tuesday he was considering imposing a ban on travel from Brazil.
Brazil on Friday surpassed Russia to become the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases, second only to the US, and now has over 350,000 contagions Brazil on Friday surpassed Russia to become the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases, second only to the US, and now has over 350,000 contagions

The White House on Sunday (May 24) said it was prohibiting most non-US citizens from traveling to the United States if they had been in Brazil in the last two weeks, two days after the South American nation became the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the new restrictions would help ensure foreign nationals do not bring additional infections to the United States, but would not apply to the flow of commerce between the two countries.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien earlier on Sunday told CBS' Face the Nation he hoped the move could be reconsidered at some point.

“We hope that'll be temporary, but because of the situation in Brazil, we're going to take every step necessary to protect the American people,” O'Brien said.

Brazil on Friday surpassed Russia to become the world No. 2 hot spot for coronavirus cases, second only to the United States, and now has over 347,000 people infected by the virus, the Health Ministry said.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was considering imposing a ban on travel from Brazil.

“I don’t want people coming over here and infecting our people. I don’t want people over there sick either. We’re helping Brazil with ventilators ... Brazil is having some trouble, no question about it,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

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