The United Kingdom is banning arrivals from South America following evidence of a new variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus in Brazil. The government says that beginning at 4 a.m. Friday, arrivals will no longer be allowed from all South American countries as well as the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa and Panama in Central America. Biden Announces $1.9 Trillion Plan President-elect Joe Biden late Thursday announced a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to address the ongoing CCP virus pandemic in the United States. Biden asserted that more spending early on would reduce the long-term economic damage caused by the CCP virus lockdowns and restrictions. WHO Team Arrives in China A global team of researchers arrived Thursday in the Chinese city where the pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty about whether Beijing might try to prevent embarrassing discoveries. …