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This is insane. What are the chances of this happening for Asia? I'm currently in Asia and it would be unfortunate to not be able to return home.

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We're okay for now. Im in SE asia and i think im in an okay place to wait things out if necessary.

I don't see them restricting the rest of asia specifically unless they close it ALL down.

I could see them closing the borders completely if things continue to progress.

US is closer in blood to Europe and it shut down travel form Europe. Asia would be an easy/quick call for this administration.

Why haven't they done it in Asia yet then since Coronavirus originated from and is more severe there?

Excluding China (which they wisely banned early) and South Korea (one city daegu is the center and majority of infection) there is only japan with 639 cases. Europe has close to 20,000 cases.

But if an Asian country’s cases quickly spikes, pretty sure Asia will be shut down in travel to US

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