Stringent travel restrictions imposed on inbound flights from China to contain the coronavirus outbreak become 'irrelevant' in a potential pandemic because 'you can't keep out the entire world,' a top U.S. health official said.
Stringent travel restrictions imposed on inbound flights from China to contain the coronavirus outbreak become "irrelevant" in a potential pandemic because "you can't keep out the entire world," a top U.S. health official said a day after the Trump administration braced the public for its eventual spread here.
He added that the Chinese have been very efficient in containing the disease, however, they have used "draconian" methods in doing so, such as shutting down entire cities. Fauci said he doubts the U.S. would adopt similar methods. "The wild card here is that this is a brand new virus, this novel coronavirus, and we do not know if it's going to diminish as the weather gets warm. We can't count on that," he said.
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