U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s considering banning travel from Brazil as the country continues to break daily records in reported coronavirus cases and deaths.
Speaking to reporters at a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. is helping Brazil by supplying ventilators, but expressed concern over its rising numbers, which have surpassed 270,000 cases while closing in on 18,000 deaths. “Brazil is having some trouble, no question about it,” Trump said. “I don’t want people coming over here and infecting our people.
I don’t want people over there sick either.” Trump has used travel bans to try and limit the spread of COVID-19 to the U.S. before.