US senators have demanded from President Joe Biden that travel between China and America should be banned. Due to the mysterious disease spreading in China, a letter has been written with this request. He said that until China has more information about the dangers of the new disease, we should immediately restrict travel between the US and China.
Demand for ban on US-China travel
In a letter to President Biden, a group of Republican senators led by Marco Rubio stated that beach travel between the US and China should be prohibited unless further information regarding the rapidly spreading respiratory disease (China Pneumonia) in the Asian nation is received. “We should immediately restrict travel between the United States and China until we know more about the threats posed by this new disease,” they stated.
The rise in cases became a global issue last week when the World Health Organization (WHO) asked for a detailed report from China on the emerging disease.
Chinese Communist Party’s record is terrible
In the letter, Senators Mike Braun, Rick Scott, JD Vance, Rubio, and Tommy Tuberville stated, “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long history of lying about public health crises.” Due to the CCP’s lack of transparency and concealment of the truth, the United States was unaware of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
‘We should not wait’
WHO has expressed concerns over China’s lack of cooperation in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple occasions. “We should not wait for WHO to take action, given the CCP’s track record,” the senators declared. To safeguard Americans’ health, we must take the required actions. Travel between the US and China should be prohibited until we obtain more information about the dangers of this new disease, in order to spare China from having to deal with untold numbers of fatalities and a lockdown-like situation in the future.”
Biden administration replied to the letter
The mysterious disease that is spreading throughout China has been closely observed by the US, according to a Biden administration official, but it looks to be a seasonal illness. “We are seeing a seasonal trend in this,” he stated. Not much seems out of the ordinary. There is currently no proof that the respiratory illness that has spread throughout China is affecting the number of patients being admitted to US emergency rooms.” A match ought to be present.”
Increase in air travel
Indeed, in recent months, the United States and China have continuously increased flights between the countries. However, this is still much less than 2019. Until August there were only 12 flights per week to all countries, but since November 9, 35 flights have been scheduled per week.
Donald Trump has taken the decision
In January 2020, then-President Donald Trump barred most non-US citizens who had recently resided in China from entering the United States due to COVID concerns but did not restrict flights between the two countries. However, US senators argued that the decision to ban travel was the right one.
