US Department of State: Global Level 4 Health Advisory – Do Not Travel

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Borders closing? US says “immediate return” or prepare to remain abroad for “indefinite period”

> Borders closing?

Absolutely seems to be coming. We've got an inbound ban from much of Europe and a mutually-agreed closure of the US-Canada border already, and now a “don’t travel now and return immediately if already abroad” advisory on top of that.

This seems very possible given the State Department’s unusually stark language: “U.S. citizens who live in the United States should arrange for immediate return to the United States, unless they are prepared to remain abroad for an indefinite period.”

A HN comment from a few days ago [1] drew a similar conclusion based on the way Prime Minister Trudeau announced Canada’s first round of border restrictions: “Canadian travelers should return to Canada [via] commercial means while it is still possible to do so. Let me be clear: If you are abroad, it’s time to come home.”

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22596009

[2]: https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/16/justin-trudea...

It's important to note that citizens can always return, but the issue is that if they close borders nobody will be running flights for very long.

There are already about 3,000 Americans stranded in Morocco with no flights back.

Where was this 2 months ago....

3 months ago actually with the warning. we could have been screening to prevent this whole thing from getting out of hand.

This democrat hoax is getting really out of hand /s.

I almost missed that /s at the end.

It is terribly depressing that a '/s' was needed. The times we live in.

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