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Biden: Washington is reviewing the travel ban in Europe

US President Joe Biden said yesterday that the US government was reconsidering when it could lift restrictions on most non-US citizens traveling to the US from most of Europe after German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the issue with them. in the White House.

“They are in progress now,” Biden said, referring to discussions about when the restrictions could be lifted. He noted that he expects to be able to have answers “in the coming days about what is likely to happen νω I look forward to hearing from members of the COVID government team about when this is expected to happen».

Merkel said Biden told her in a private meeting what the US president had told the media and the two discussed the impact of the Delta variant of the new coronavirus. «This must be a viable decision. It certainly does not make sense to have the decision reversed after a few daysSaid the German chancellor.

Airlines and others have urged the US government to lift restrictions on most non-US nationals recently found in Britain, the 26 Schengen states in Europe, Ireland, China, India, South Africa, Iran and Brazil.

Many countries that are not subject to travel restrictions have much higher COVID-19 rates than many European countries that are subject to the restrictions that apply from March 2020.

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