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China reports 243 nCoV patients discharged from hospital - UNTV News @ 2020-02-03T04: Back Hot News
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THE OUTBREAK HAS SICKENED NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE, MOSTLY IN CHINA, AND KILLED MORE THAN 200. A FEW COUNTRIES HAVE RESPONDED BY IMPOSING FULL OR LIMITED TRAVEL BANS. THE PHILIPPINES, FOR INSTANCE, HAS BANNED TRAVEL FROM THE CITY OF WUHAN, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK. COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS, MONGOLIA, AND SINGAPORE HAVE BANNED ALL TRAVEL FROM CHINA.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: TRAVEL BANS TRY TO ISOLATE CHINA
THE PREVIOUS TRAVEL BAN HAS BEEN CALLED THE "MUSLIM BAN" BY THE US PRESIDENT"S CRITICS BUT THIS NEW BAN HAS BEEN BRANDED THE "AFRICAN BAN," AS FOUR OF THE COUNTRIES ARE AFRICAN AND HAS PROMPTED ACCUSATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM.
A NEW PHILIPPINE TRAVEL BAN COULD APPLY TO ALL TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA, INCLUDING HONG KONG
TODAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED IT IS ADDING SIX COUNTRIES IN AFRICA AND ASIA TO ITS TRAVEL BAN - THIS IN THE SAME WEEK THAT MARKS THREE YEARS SINCE THE ADMINISTRATION THREW AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY INTO DISARRAY WITH ITS FIRST TRAVEL BAN. THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKED VISITORS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM SEVERAL MAJORITY MUSLIM COUNTRIES. NPR"S JOEL ROSE COVERS IMMIGRATION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ISSUED A NEW TRAVEL BAN THAT RESTRICTS ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM BURMA (MYANMAR), ERITREA, KYRGYZSTAN, NIGERIA, SUDAN AND TANZANIA. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE REVISED TRAVEL BAN ALREADY IN EFFECT, WHICH RESTRICTS ENTRY FROM IRAN, LIBYA, SYRIA, YEMEN, SOMALIA, VENEZUELA AND NORTH KOREA. THE PROCLAMATION IS AVAILABLE HERE AND BELOW.
TRUMP EXPECTED TO REVEAL TRAVEL BAN EXPANSION ON FRIDAY
TRUMP BANS FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAVE TRAVELED TO CHINA FROM ENTERING THE US
A TRAVEL BAN TO CONTAIN THE CORONAVIRUS COULD WORSEN CONDITIONS IN WUHAN
LG WAS AMONG THE FIRST COMPANIES TO PUBLICLY OUTLINE LIMITS ON EMPLOYEE TRAVEL PLANS REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND IT IS NOW AMONG THE FIRST COMPANIES TO ISSUE AN OUTRIGHT TRAVEL BAN. THE VIRUS HAS CLAIMED AT LEAST 132 LIVES IN CHINA SO FAR AND HAS SPREAD TO MORE THAN 6,000 PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM ARE LOCATED IN THE HUBEI REGION OF THE COUNTRY NEAR THE OUTBREAK』S ORIGIN IN THE CITY OF WUHAN. YET MANY COMPANIES, INCLUDING APPLE AND FACEBOOK, STOPPED SHORT OF A COMPLETE EMPLOYEE TRAVEL BAN, ALLOWING SO-CALLED 「ESSENTIAL」 BUSINESS TRAVEL TO AND FROM CHINA FOR NOW.
AUSTRALIA』S HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, TOURISM OPERATORS AND SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS FACE A COMBINED $1 BILLION LOSS IN REVENUE FOR EVERY MONTH THE CHINESE TRAVEL BAN REMAINS IN FORCE, WITH INDUSTRY CHIEFS CALLING FOR A GOVERNMENT RESCUE PACKAGE TO SAVE JOBS AND BUSINESSES.
AN AVIATION COMMENTATOR SAYS A TOTAL TRAVEL BAN TO CHINA WOULD BE A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE AS CORONAVIRUS STRIKES GLOBALLY.
JAMAICA, OVER THE WEEKEND, ACTED ON THE TRAVEL BAN TO AND FROM CHINA, WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SENDING BACK 19 CHINESE NATIONALS AS THE ISLAND SEEKS TO MINIMISE THE RISK FROM THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK GLOBALLY.
THE EFFORTS TO TAMP DOWN ON VISITORS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WITH A TRAVEL BAN COINCIDED WITH EFFORTS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES ADMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES. MUSLIM REFUGEE ADMISSIONS HAVE FALLEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. VISITORS AND IMMIGRANTS FROM COUNTRIES TARGETED BY INITIAL VERSIONS OF THE BAN HAVE ALSO DROPPED, ACCORDING TO DATA.
WASHINGTON, DC - ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"S MUSLIM BAN, DEMOCRATS SAID ON MONDAY THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WILL SOON CONSIDER LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REPEAL THE TRAVEL BAN AND LIMIT THE PRESIDENT FROM IMPOSING FUTURE RESTRICTIONS BASED ON RELIGION.
THE GROUP FLEW WITH THAI SMILE, THE BUDGET SUBSIDIARY OF THAI AIRWAYS, AFTER BEING PERMITTED TO TRAVEL BACK TO THAILAND ON JANUARY 31. THE REPATRIATION WAS A MARATHON WITH A FLIGHT FROM HUBEI PROVINCE TO BEIJING, THEN TO BANGKOK AND FINALLY A SHORT FLIGHT TO SURAT THANI.
THAI HOTELS ARE PREPARING FOR ANOTHER SLUMP IN BOOKINGS AS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S BAN ON OUTBOUND GROUP TOURS INCONVENIENCES INDEPENDENT TRAVELLERS, A SEGMENT THAT MAKES UP 60% OF ALL CHINESE VISITORS TO THAILAND.
ASIAN DESTINATIONS REEL FROM CHINA』S OUTBOUND TRAVEL BAN
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BAN AND NAFSA RESOURCES MAY BE FOUND AT NAFSA.ORG/TRAVELBAN.

 

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