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spotthebird

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Sun Mar 15, 2020, 08:44 AM Mar 2020

US citizens returning from overseas say they are waiting hours for coronavirus screening at airports [View all]

Source: CNN

Several travelers told CNN that when they arrived at airports in Dallas, Chicago and New York, they faced long lines and confusion.
President Donald Trump announced restrictions on entry into the US from 26 countries in Europe on Wednesday. The ban went into effect at midnight on Friday, but only after the original announcement sparked chaos at European airports as Americans sought ways to return home before it went into place.
Karen Rogers, a passenger returning from Paris by way of London told CNN Saturday night she had been waiting in line for at least five hours to be screened at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and was told she would have at least another hour to go.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-airport-screening-sunday/index.html



It's impossible to believe that this is not an effort to spread the virus.


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