The White House also announced new restrictions on international travel to prevent its spread. Travel to Iran was already quite limited, although some families are allowed to travel there on a visa. Trump said healthy Americans should be able to recover if they contract the virus, as he tried to reassure Americans and global markets spooked by the virus threat. Speaking at a rally in South Carolina, he accused Democrats of “politicizing” the virus threat and boasted about preventive steps he has ordered in an attempt to keep the virus that originated in China from spreading across the US. This is their new hoax,” Trump said of Democratic denunciations of his administration’s virus response.

Source: Taipei Times March 01, 2020 15:56 UTC