Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested Wednesday he hopes that some travel restrictions imposed by the Biden administration in light of the Omicron coronavirus variant get “sorted out and lifted” when asked about the countries included in the ban that have not yet identified any Omicron cases, including Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
“You know, that's a very good question, an important question, and we did struggle with that. But we wanted to see if we could buy time temporarily, so I do hope that this gets sorted out and lifted before it has any significant impact on the country,” Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.
Earlier this week, the Biden administration placed restrictions on travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. So far, the Omicron variant has been detected in at least 24 countries, including the US.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated that the restrictions were meant to buy time and are not planned to be permanent.
“The President is briefed every day by his Covid team and will continue to assess, based on their recommendations, any additional steps that needs to be taken. As Dr. Fauci noted, there's a lot we don't know. So putting in place these travel restrictions was intended to give us more time to do the necessary evaluation, data and testing required that our health experts are working around the clock to do. And they made this assessment and recommendation about the countries where we would put in place these travel restrictions in order to give us that time,” Psaki told reporters later in the briefing.
She continued, “We want to learn more information, know more information, but the President is always going to err on the side of protecting the American people.”
Psaki added that the restrictions were “not a political decision,” but rather, “based on the advice – recommendations – of the health and medical team.”
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