The Biden administration will impose a ban on most non-American citizens entering the country from the UK, European Union countries, and Brazil. The move is designed to “reduce the spread of COVID-19 through travel,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki, “especially as we see faster-spreading variants emerging across the world.” Travel restrictions already in place for the EU’s Schengen countries, Ireland, and Brazil will remain and South Africa will be added to the list, said Psaki. Last year, scientists in the UK discovered a new variant of CCP virus, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which is believed to spread faster than the original one that emerged in 2019 in mainland China. Officials have also sounded the alarm about a strain of the CCP virus that emerged recently in South Africa. “We are adding South Africa to the restricted list because of the concerning variant present that has already spread …