“The administration does not agree with the decision of the court, and the Ministry of Justice announced its intention to appeal this decision.
The power to set public health policy at the national level should be vested in the Centers for Disease Control, not in a separate district court," the statement reads.
At the same time, the White House press secretary noted that despite the disagreement with the court decision, the US administration will obey it.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana has previously prevented U.S. President Joe Biden from overturning his immigrant expulsion policy based on epidemiological restrictions, which was led by his predecessor as head of state, Donald Trump.