Funviralpark Mike Pompeo calls for banning Chinese tourists in US after Beijing eases travel restrictions, claims Xi Jinping is trying to infect the world with another variant of COVID
- Mike Pompeo warned China was trying to spread a new variant of COVID-19
- Comes after President Xi Jinping decides to resume travel from China
- Several countries have already imposed pre-departure inspection requirements
- “Xi got away with this once,” Pomepo said. “I regret that he wasn’t held accountable.”
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has argued that the United States, and the world, should stop accepting travel from China shortly after the communist country announced it would ease travel restrictions in the new year.
He warned that Chinese President Xi Jinping has plans to infect the world and spread a new COVID-19 variant after “the whole world has gone through hell.”
China, which still has the most stringent COVID-19 restrictions in place, announced last month that it would start allowing people in and out of the country after a three-year “zero COVID” policy.
Several countries, including the United States, quickly announced that Chinese travelers must test negative for coronavirus before boarding flights.
“It looks like as many as a million Chinese could be infected. 50% of the population travels,” Pompeo told Cats Roundtable host John Catsimatidis in an interview on Sunday. .
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned China is trying to spread a new variant of COVID-19 by resuming international travel
“There is no reason why the Chinese should be allowed to repeat this and send Chinese-infected people around the world to deliberately infect people around the world,” he added.
Pompeo served as Secretary of State under President Donald Trump from April 2018 until the end of his term on January 20, 2021. Speculation is swirling that he’s rushing his 2024 White House candidacy.
He told Cats Roundtable in a radio interview on New Year’s Day that Xi must be “responsible” for all deaths worldwide caused by COVID-19.
“Xi got away with this once,” Pomepo said. You should do it.
“But he’s doing it again. Like in the spring of 2020 [when] He has sent people around the world who he knows are infected, and he is doing the same thing again.
“He will infect millions more. We must not let that happen.
World leaders in the US, Australia, Canada and the UK last week announced new rules requiring passengers from China to test negative for coronavirus before boarding flights to travel to their respective countries. .
Some countries feel that pre-departure testing from China is necessary because of the lack of confidence the international community has in China’s infection data and vaccine protection.
Pompeo warned that the world could soon see images similar to the one that occurred in Milan, Italy in 2020, when COVID-19 first emerged and began to spread across Europe and the rest of the world.
However, some experts downplay the threat that another variant could actually pose worldwide and its impact.
A man who helped develop vaccines for Oxford and AstraZeneca said “trying to ban the virus” through travel restrictions “has been shown not to work very well.”
Professor Calum Semple, an outbreak medicine expert at the University of Liverpool, said: “Keep calm. This is covered.”
