Via The New York Times: Trump administration temporarily bars foreigners who visited China. Excerpt and then another link and a comment:
President Trump has temporarily suspended entry into the United States for any foreign nationals who have traveled to China, the administration announced on Friday.
The action will restrict all foreign nationals who have been to China — other than immediate family of American citizens and permanent residents — from entering the United States.
Beginning on Feb. 2, any United States citizen returning home who has been in the Hubei province of China within the past 14 days will be quarantined for up to 14 days, administration officials said. Those who have been to other parts of China within the past 14 days will be subject to “proactive entry screening” and up to 14 days of monitoring and self quarantine.
The United States will also funnel all flights from China to just a few airports, including Kennedy Airport, Chicago’s O’Hare and San Francisco International Airport.
This is the kind of measure the International Health Regulations say should not be adopted; restrictions of travel into and out of a PHEIC-hit country are not supposed to happen.
Perhaps coincidentally, the Trump administration is also adding six more countries to the Muslim travel ban, including Nigeria and three other African nations. Combined with the restrictions on travel from China, this is a big step toward reducing nonwhite travel to the United States.
