NEW YORK: Since Chinese officials disclosed the outbreak of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness to international health officials on New Year’s Eve, at least 430,000 people have arrived in the United States on direct flights from China, including nearly 40,000 in the two months after President Trump imposed restrictions on such travel, according to an analysis of data collected in both countries.
Trump administration officials have also said they received significant pushback about imposing the restrictions even when they did. At the time, the World Health Organization was not recommending travel restrictions, Chinese officials rebuffed them and some scientists questioned whether curtailing travel would do any good. Some Democrats in Congress said they could lead to discrimination.
In January, before the broad screening was in place, there were over 1,300 direct passenger flights from China to the United States, according to VariFlight and two American firms, MyRadar and FlightAware. About 381,000 travellers flew directly from China to the United States that month, about a quarter of whom were American,In addition, untold others arrived from China on itineraries that first stopped in another country.
Health officials also announced an expansion of the screening beyond arrivals from Wuhan. Dr Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, explained that people would be screened for “significant risk, as well as any evidence of symptoms.
U.S. President Donald Trump accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, presents the signed Congressional funding bill for coronavirus response at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Mr Wu, who has had no symptoms and has not become ill, said he was told to stay inside for 14 days when he landed in Los Angeles. He said he received two reminder messages the next day by email and text, but no further follow-up.
Like others, he left the airport with a card that recommended two weeks of self-quarantine and a promise that someone would call to check up on him. He said he never got a call. “They asked us every day: ‘Have you stayed inside? Have you met anyone? Have you been quarantined?’” Ms Passmore said. “They’re really nice about it. They said, ‘If you need anything, we can go grocery-shopping for you.’”
Obviously it’s suicide bombing
Thanks to CCP!
Becos of ur inaction at the start.....that causes all this mayhem.......so y blames others if u cant be bother in the first place. Anyway its just a flu.....like wat ur president said.......btw he change his mind like changing undies.
and 80% of them ate here
Trump very clever , let those Chinese in , and later can put all the blames to them , clever
Channel News America. Another proxy mouthpiece of the west
你就甩锅吧，谁传谁还不知道呢！Trump said u are fake newa, Chinese said you are fake news.... Finally, u are nothing, CNN....
Hey CNA!!! This is a post about how Chinese spread the virus from China to USA? What are u trying to say?
At the magnitude Americans are tested positive for covid19, would it be the virus had already been spreading in America months ago even before it started in Wuhan? America has 3 times more Covid19 cases n death than China.
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