Here's how Trump's Europe travel ban will work, and why experts warn that it won't stop the coronavirus:
The travel ban doesn’t kick in until midnight on Friday, March 13.
U.S. citizens who are permanent residents in the countries affected by the ban, are exempt. “Immediate family members” of U.S. citizens are also not included in the ban, the DHS said. This includes, spouses, children, siblings or parents of U.S. citizens who are not themselves U.S. passport holders.Is a travel ban an effective measure?
The Department of Homeland Security claims that earlier bans on travel from people travelling from China, the centre of the outbreak, and Iran, a severe hotspot, have slowed the spread of the virus. Many cases in the U.S. have originated from overseas travel while there are concerns that the number of cases could be far higher than those that have already been confirmed.
Trump's European travel ban is the first major intervention from the White House to address a fast growing domestic crisis. The Federal government has yet to declare an emergency despite individual states taking steps to contain the pneumonia-like virus despite a national shortage of coronavirus testing kits hamstringing operations.
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