{"id":52955,"date":"2020-12-26T21:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=52955"},"modified":"2020-12-26T21:21:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T02:21:39","slug":"trump-admin-says-travelers-from-u-k-must-test-negative-for-covid-19-amidst-new-strain-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-says-travelers-from-u-k-must-test-negative-for-covid-19-amidst-new-strain-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Says Travelers From U.K. Must Test Negative For COVID-19 Amidst New Strain Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-says-travelers-from-u-k-must-test-negative-for-covid-19-amidst-new-strain-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=52955&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Trump administration enacted new travel restrictions this week that, effective Monday, will curb the number of travelers entering the U.S. from Britain in an effort to prevent the spread of a coronavirus strain health authorities believe is more contagious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The federal government\u2019s new travel guidelines, designed to prevent the spread of a COVID-19 strain identified in the U.K., will require travelers entering the U.S. from Britain to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of their planned departure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cViruses constantly change through mutation, and preliminary analysis in the U.K. suggests that this new variant may be up to 70% more transmissible than previously circulating variants,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2020\/s1224-CDC-to-require-negative-test.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a statement on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although some airlines have already instituted similar policies, such as for those traveling from London to New York, all airlines will now be forced to verify that passengers have tested negative within the required timeframe when entering any part of the U.S.,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-travel-air-travel-united-kingdom-coronavirus-pandemic-6f922a619eaf8974ced72d8d070f78ba\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> AP. Travelers who refuse to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test from the last 72 hours must be denied boarding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis new order is consistent with the measures that have been taken so far to increase our ability to detect and contain COVID-19 proactively and aggressively,\u201d said the CDC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaccine scientists believe that existing COVID-19 vaccines will still be effective against the new SARS-CoV-2 strain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t think there has been a single variant that would be resistant to the virus \u2014 to the vaccine,\u201d Dr. Moncef Slaoui, a top doctor for Operation Warp Speed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-warp-speed-doctor-explains-why-vaccine-will-likely-work-against-new-more-contagious-covid-19-strain\">told CNN last<\/a> week. \u201cWe can\u2019t exclude it, but it\u2019s not there now. And this particular variant in the U.K., I think, is very unlikely to have escaped the vaccine immunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with vaccine distribution still in its infancy, the arrival of a more contagious strain could give the virus a chance to spread even more before COVID-19 vaccines become widely available. (Currently, the U.S. says it will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for 200 million Americans to receive a two-dose regimen by the end of July 2021.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new SARS-CoV-2 strain has already been identified in cases in other countries, including France, Spain, and Canada. On Friday, Japanese health authorities identified the strain in people arriving to the country via airplane, and also recently found the strain in a man who recently visited the U.K., according to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-japan\/japan-bans-new-entries-of-foreigners-after-virus-variant-arrives-idUSKBN290050\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a policy wherein every traveler from the U.K. will receive a personal visit from a sheriff\u2019s deputy reminding them to following quarantine orders. If they refuse to quarantine, said the New York City mayor, \u201cthey will be penalized. We cannot take chances with anyone who travels, particularly folks traveling in from the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The penalty for breaking the quarantine order is $1,000, plus an additional $1,000 fine for each extra day a person spends violating the order.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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