Across Asia, travellers from Europe and the United States are being barred or forced into quarantine. Gyms, private clinics and restaurants in Hong Kong warn them to stay away. Despite warnings that he is encouraging xenophobia, Trump has repeatedly used the term “China virus” in what critics see as an effort to distance himself from the problem. In Australia, the United States is now the leading source of coronavirus cases, followed by Italy, then China. But this week Hong Kong moved to tighten its borders as it recorded a significant uptick in infections, most of them imported.

Source: bd News24 March 20, 2020 03:33 UTC