Trump Decides Against Quarantine in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
In comments marking the departure of the USNS Comfort hospital ship to New York, President Trump said he may consider restrictions on travel from the nation’s largest city. Later he said his administration would instead issue a “strong travel advisory” for the area.from WSJ.com Video - Most Viewed WSJ Videos 7 days https://ift.tt/2WSE3bg
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President Trump on Sunday said he was extending the administration’s social-distancing guidelines for another 30 days through the end of April, after saying for days that he was hoping to open up the country in the coming weeks.
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In comments marking the departure of the USNS Comfort hospital ship to New York, President Trump said he may consider restrictions on travel from the nation’s largest city.
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Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called the New York metropolitan area “high-risk” and urged anyone who recently traveled out of the region to self-isolate for 14 days to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
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U.S. airlines consider shutting down passenger flights in the country, the White House discusses easing social-distancing measures, and China plans to lift the mass quarantine on Wuhan. WSJ’s Jason Bellini has the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Nick Oxford/Reuters
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President Trump said he’s deploying the National Guard to New York, California and Washington, three states hit hard by the novel coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
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