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Biden spokesperson dismisses Trump's plan to lift travel curbs
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IANS | 19 Jan, 2021
US President-elect Joe Biden's spokesperson has dismissed outgoing
President Donald Trump's plan to lift travel restrictions on much of
Europe and Brazil starting from January 26.
The outgoing
president said in a proclamation that the travel restrictions imposed on
the Schengen area of Europe, the UK, Ireland and Brazil would be
terminated effective on January 26, the same day that the US will
require all travellers to test negative for Covid-19 before flying to
the country, reports Xinhua news agency.
Biden's team, however, said it had no plan to remove these restrictions.
"With
the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around
the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on
international travel," Biden's spokesperson Jen Psaki tweeted.
"On the advice of our medical team, the administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26.
"In
fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international
travel in order to further mitigate the spread of Covid-19," she added.
Psaki's
remarks came as the overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases in
the US, currently the hardest-hit country, has surpassed the 24 million
mark, about 24 hours ahead of Biden's inauguration.
In its latest
update on Tuesday morning, the Johns Hopkins University's Center for
Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the country's total
caseload and death toll stood at 24,073,555 and 398,977, respectively.
With
the two new figures, the US currently makes up for more than 25 per
cent of the global caseload and over 19 per cent of the fatalities.
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| Customs Exchange Rates |
| Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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₹95.3
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₹93.6 |
UK Pound
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₹127.7
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₹123.7 |
Euro
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₹110.65
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₹106.9 |
| Japanese
Yen |
₹59.75 |
₹57.9 |
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