Coronavirus: The USA May Impose Sanctions on Countries Not Accepting Their Citizens

As from the memorandum signed by Trump, countries delaying the acceptance of their citizens from the United States amid pandemic may be subject to restrictions. On Friday, April 10, signed a decree to impose sanctions on countries that are denying or thought to be unreasonably delaying the acceptance of their citizens traveling from the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "Countries that deny or unreasonably delay the acceptance of their citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents from the United States during the ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 create unacceptable public health risks for Americans. The United States must be able to effectuate the repatriation of foreign nationals who violate the laws of the United States ", the document says. No later than 7 days after notification receipt from the DHS According to the memorandum, the Secretary of State is expected to "adopt and initiate a plan to impose sanctions provided by the INA [Immigration and Nationality Act]," no later than 7 days after receipt of a notification from the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security The memorandum also states  that sanctions that have been imposed may "cease to apply if the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies the Secretary of State that a foreign country has  resumed accepting aliens without unreasonable delay". The memorandum is set to cease to apply on 31 December 2020, unless extended. The memorandum should expire on December 31 if it is not extended. Trump announced restrictive measures weakening On the same day, Trump announced that on the upcoming Tuesday, April 14, he could weaken the restrictive measures in the country associated with the coronavirus epidemic. The president called this step "the most important decision in his life." Earlier, on April 8, an Aeroflot airline plane flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Moscow took only 46 Russian citizens from New York. Reported the the radio station "Echo of Moscow" observer Marina Astvatsaturyan, who took off on this flight. In the United States, the total number of coronavirus infected, according to the Worldometer portal, exceeded half a million people. Since the start of the pandemic, 502,876 SARS-CoV-2 carriers have been identified. According to the website of Johns Hopkins University, this figure is 500,399 people. The consequences of coronavirus-induced COVID-19 disease have killed 18 637 people. Over the past day, for the first time in the country died more than 2,000 people at once.